Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth

By Richard Hillestad

Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth. The authors provide an overview of the freight-transportation system and the problems it faces, concluding with a discussion of key system-modernization issues, including increasing capacity, making the system less vulnerable to disruption, addressing environmental concerns, and building support for funding.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833047485
• ISBN13: 9780833047489
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"