Isn there data showing that shipping rates have dropped over the last 20 years, not increased?
The railroad industry statistics do not address “captive rail rates,” which indeed have increased significantly. A 2008 study commissioned by the Surface Transportation Board shows the percentage of traffic that is captive has increased since 2001and the percentage of captive traffic paying more than 300 percent of railroad’s direct costs has increased from 12 percent in 2001 to 17 percent in 2006.
