Why is freight and goods movement such and important issue?
Over the coming years there will be no greater impact on our transportation system in the future than the massive inflow and distribution of goods. The country’s economic reality is changing to meet Asian and European imported goods distribution needs. The challenge we face is daunting: we have no coherent national policy to deal with goods and freight movement. Nor do we have the available resources upfront to infuse our seaports, airports, highways and rail lines with enough capital to be efficient in the short run. This is not an exclusively urban or rural problem – this is a global issue affecting every sector of our market and every consumer. All modes of transportation are affected by the goods movement crisis. Trucks need the road facilities to meet the demand for maritime shipping and just-in-time delivery to retail outlets. Trucks moved 7.8 billion tons of goods in 2002, worth an estimated $6.2 trillion. U.S. DOT predicts this will increase by 70% before the year 2020. Meanwhi
