Fast-Forward Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth

• Main Author: Hillestad, Richard (auth)
• Other Authors: Van Roo, Ben D. (auth), Yoho, Keenan D. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2009
• Subjects: Terrorism, armed struggle; Environmental policy & protocols; Transport: general interest; Transportation Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors provide an overview of the freight-transportation system and the problems it faces, concluding with a discussion of key system-modernization issues, includi...