Contents
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
The American Economy—Faster, Smarter and Leaner
CHAPTER III
America’s Freight Transportation Network—Struggling to Keep Up
CHAPTER IV
Intermodal Connections—The Missing Links
CHAPTER V
Acknowledgments
We wish to thank Gordon Proctor, former Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation and currently of Gordon Proctor and Associates, for his efforts in preparing this report.
This report draws heavily from the forthcoming AASHTO Freight Transportation Bottom Line Report, which was prepared by a consulting team led by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. and included Global Insight, Wilbur Smith Associates, Boston Logistics, and PB Consult. Their work was directed by the chairs and members of AASHTO’s Standing Committees on Rail Transportation, Water Transportation, and Intermodal Transportation and Economic Expansion, and the Highway Subcommittee on Highway Transport. This report has also drawn material from Future Needs of the U.S. Surface Transportation System, AASHTO 2007.
