“‘There’s this big change that has happened when it comes to this ‘user pay’ concept, which basically needs to be thrown out the window,’ said Robert Puentes of the Eno Center for Transportation, a century-old nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C.”
āAgencies are going to be having to do things differently,ā said Robert Puentes, president and CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation. āThis is a real time for innovation and for new ideas and new opportunities.ā
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All this requires more space, shipping materials and the use of fossil fuels, says Robert Puentes at the Eno Center for Transportation.
āObviously, the bigger the retailer, the bigger the impact and the more infrastructure intensive itās going to be,ā he said.
āItās not a āif you build it, they will comeā type of scenario,ā Puentes said. āIt would actually be fitting a need.ā
āItās mostly owned by the freight rail companies, who have their own businesses to run and their own freight to deliver,ā said Robert Puentes, CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation.
āItās not a āif you build it, they will comeā type of scenario,ā Puentes said. āIt would actually be fitting a need.ā
The “sweet spot,” said Robert Puentes, the president and CEO of Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., is “about 400 to 500 miles, where it’s too short to fly, too long to drive.”
āItās not a āif you build it, they will comeā type of scenario,ā Puentes said. āIt would actually be fitting a need.ā
A realistic goal would be to build out rail systems that link major metropolitan areas with economic connections, emulating Amtrakās Northeaster Corridor, said Robert Puentes, the CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation, a nonprofit think tank.
āItās not a āif you build it, they will comeā type of scenario,ā Puentes said. āIt would actually be fitting a need.ā
“We’ve seen that the normal workweek has changed fundamentally,” said Robert Puentes, president of the non-profitĀ Eno Center for TransportationĀ in Washington, and a regular Metro commuter.
āIf youāre relying on a just-in-time delivery system that prioritizes the synchronization of precise schedules and you canāt count on drivers to get the goods there, youāre going to have disruptions in the supply chain,ā says ĀRobert Puentes, president of the Eno Center for Transportation, a think tank.
By Henry Epp
Back in the day, private companies took passengers on trains all over the United States, all the time, said Robert Puentes, the head of the Eno Center for Transportation.
āWithin cities, between cities, all across the country. And then in the 1970s, it all started to change,ā Puentes said.
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