United States Department of Transportation
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Leveraging the Freight Network: 10 Steps to Improved Modal Connectivity
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2007-11-01
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Alternative Title:Ten steps to improve modal connectivity
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OCLC Number:727948536
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NTL Classification:NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and Policy;NTL-FREIGHT-Intermodalism;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and Finance;
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Abstract:Historically, the U.S. federal government has recognized—and supported—the national development of transportation infrastructure necessary for economic growth and national defense. For many years, any investment was an improvement. However, such a haphazard arrangement is no longer acceptable. Today, we find ourselves with a funding mechanism as dysfunctional as the policy mechanism itself. Transportation is an asset-based, network-operating business. Unfortunately, the system cannot efficiently accommodate the demands being placed on the road, rail, and waterway networks. In 2005, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave our nation’s infrastructure a grade of D+ and estimated a $1.6 trillion price to repair it.
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