Freight Story 2008 replaces the older version "The Freight Story: A National Perspective on Enhancing Freight Transportation" [HTML, PDF 1.4MB]

Freight Story 2008

PDF Version 52.5MB

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Large and Growing Demand for Freight Transportation
• Demands on the Transportation System
• Major Freight Corridors
• Freight and Congestion
  • Highway Congestion
  • Railroad Congestion
  • Waterway Congestion
• Safety and Environmental Concerns
• The Economic Costs of Freight Transportation
• The Freight Challenge
• Responses to the Freight Challenge
  • Government Responses at the National Level
  • Responses at the State Level
  • Responses at the Local Level
  • Private Sector and Public-Private Responses
• Conclusion
• References
• Technical Report Documentation Page

NOTE: The figures and tables are numbered in the order they appear in the printed report and are reordered here to be as close as possible to related text for ease of reading.

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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

Phone: 202-366-9210
Fax: 202-366-3225

Web site: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight

November 2008

FHWA-HOP-08-051