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Oct 31, 2006

Oakland To Sacramento Cargo - USA - Plan To Swap Trucks For Barges

The idea will require taxpayer support

San Francisco,CA,USA -abc7news.com -Oct. 30, 2006: -- There is a plan afloat to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution by using huge barges instead of trucks to transport goods between the port of Oakland and Sacramento... A barge trip from the port of Oakland to Sacramento may take about 10 hours, far longer than the two-hour truck journey, but this could be the wave of the future for transporting goods, especially if it rings in the projected benefits... The report says to be profitable, these barges need to operate at capacity. When full, they would take more than 400 trucks off Interstate-80, helping reduce diesel pollution and traffic congestion...

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