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Opinion - USA - Shift freight from trucks to trains
Seattle,Wash,USA -The Seattle Post Intelligencer, by WENDELL COXGUEST -July 20, 2006: -- In Seattle and in cities across the U.S., soaring fuel costs and worsening gridlock are like a one-two punch hitting drivers this summer, pinching our wallets and costing us valuable time lost in traffic... The gridlock situation today is already alarming. The average commuter in the U.S. spends an extra 43 hours each year -- more than a full work week -- caught in traffic... According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, freight traffic is expected to increase by two-thirds by 2020... Members of Congress concerned about gridlock plan to introduce the Freight Rail Infrastructure Capacity Expansion Act, to stimulate much-needed investment in the freight rail infrastructure. The legislation would provide any organization, including railroads, trucking companies and shipping lines a 25 percent tax credit for their investments... (Wendell Cox is president and CEO of Demographia, a market research and urban policy consultancy)
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