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