As the American economy grows, so does the volume of freight. Expanding supply chains, just-in-time deliveries, and increasing competition means freight demand has grown faster than the population. Over 50 million tons of freight move across the U.S. transportation network every day on truck, train, barge, pipeline, and plane, with each mode responsible for carrying different goods in an interrelated network. Federal grant programs aim to target funding to freight bottlenecks and intermodal connectors while also supporting experiments in drone delivery. At the local level, policymakers are placing emphasis on managing curb space, reducing emissions, and more efficiently using space to deliver packages, food, and other essentials.
January 22, 2021 - As some of their last official actions, the Trump Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation...
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January 15, 2021 - The railroad industry can finally rest easy after the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced the successful...
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Close attention is being paid to the team that will surround Buttigieg at DOT. Jeff Davis, senior fellow at the...
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December 22, 2020 - The omnibus appropriations act for fiscal year 2021 provided another round of funding increases for Corps...
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December 11, 2020 - The House of Representatives passed a compromise biennial authorization bill for the Army Corps of Engineers...
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December 7, 2020 - A one-week stopgap appropriations bill and a new water resources bill enabling a $2 billion harbor...
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December 4, 2020 - Several key transportation and infrastructure bills are still unsettled, and time is rapidly running out for...
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October 23, 2020 - The Airport and Airway Trust Fund had a predictably bad year in fiscal 2020 (since Congress...
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Op-Ed: When Investing in Infrastructure, Invest in Freight
The lesson from the 2019 Infrastructure Week is that throwing money at the problem is not enough. Panel discussions, speeches, and presentations this week did not dwell on the proposed multi trillion dollar funding amount but focused rightly on what the goals and objectives of a federal investment…