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

• Hoofdauteur: Hillestad, Richard (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Van Roo, Ben D. (auth), Yoho, Keenan D. (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: RAND Corporation 2009
• Onderwerpen: Terrorism, armed struggle; Environmental policy & protocols; Transport: general interest; Transportation Studies; Political Science
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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...