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Apr 23, 2015

BIGGER TRUCKS or LONGER TRAINS ? * USA: Road rage in between

* DC - The trucking and the railroad industries are at odds. Meanwhile infrastructures decaying
(Photo: Trucks on trains “Rolling Motorway” on the Alpes mountain, Europe- The rolling highway is a special form of combined transport in which full trucks are transported on special rail cars, generally accompanied by the truck drivers, who travel in a passenger car. Trains are loaded horizontally only, in other words, without a crane. The truck maneuvers onto the train on its own via a ramp. The rail cars, called low-loader cars, have especially small wheels and a low loading surface)

  ...  While Congress considers how to spend the Highway Trust Fund by May 31 the trucking wants language to allow for bigger trucks; and the rail industry doesn’t because that could divert business. Meanwhile there is the ongoing problem of decaying infrastructure on which all transportation depends. So here we go again, as President Reagan would say, listening to bickering about which mode of transportation is greener and safer. Indeed, the railroad industry and the trucking industry have waged a love-hate relationship since rubber-tired vehicles began hauling freight and competing with the railroads... The USA need a study that will help forecast the optimal mix of modes and vehicles to move nation’s freight. What sizes and weights are required? What impact would this have on the infrastructure, capacity, congestion, fuel consumption, pollution, and productivity? What capital requirements would support the strategy and enable infrastructure improvements and investments? ... The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission released a seminal report in 2007 that stated: “We need to invest at least $225 billion annually from all sources for the next 50 years to upgrade our existing system to a state of good repair” ...  Given limited resources, the time is right to encourage Congress to fund a comprehensive, holistic plan for intermodal transportation that makes long-term economic sense... 
Washington, DC, USA - The Hill, by Brooks A. Bentz - April 22, 2015

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