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Follow on Google News | Fleet News Daily Editor Reports that Trucking Needs Better U.S. Roads Now to Continue RollingDavid Field, Editor of Fleet News Daily, calls on the Department of Transportation to boost investments in infrastructure to keep America’s fleets rolling.
By: Fleet News Daily Currently, the nation’s transportation system handles more than 50 million tons of freight each day, with over two-thirds of that carried by trucks. The volume is only going up and that means greater stress on an already overloaded system. What’s more, freight volumes are expected to continue to increase across all modes in the coming years, challenging our transportation system even more. Based on projections from the FHWA Freight Analysis Framework, “combined tonnage for all freight modes is projected to increase by 1.4 percent per year over the next 30 years to 27.4 billion in 2040.” But there’s more: The weight of shipments carried by trucks is projected to increase from 12.5 billion tons to 18.5 billion tons annually. The need is urgent. Trucking handles a very large volume (87 percent) of high-value, time-sensitive goods as well as nearly three-fourths (71 percent) of lower-value bulk tonnage, including agricultural products, gasoline and municipal solid waste. The Department of Transportation’ So let’s get it done. End
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