Freight transportation : national policy and strategies can help improve freight mobility : report to the ranking member, Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate
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2008-01-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:1084811
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OCLC Number:214290490
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NTL Classification:NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and Policy;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and Finance;
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Abstract:Continued development and efficient performance of the nation’s freight transportation system is vital to maintaining a strong U.S. economy and sustaining the nation’s competitive position in the global economy. Yet, increasing congestion on the nation’s roads and rail lines threatens to undermine the efficiency of the freight transportation system. Although the Department of Transportation (DOT) has taken some steps to enhance freight mobility, there is growing concern that additional action is needed. To assist the Congress in enhancing national freight mobility, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed (1) factors that contribute to constrained freight mobility and their effects in areas with nationally significant freight flows, and (2) approaches to address freight mobility in those areas and the challenges decision makers face in implementing those approaches. GAO analyzed freight transportation data and interviewed stakeholders in four areas with large freight flows. /Abstract from report, p. [2]/
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