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A new report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials predicts a tsunami of freight hitting U.S. shores by 2035 due in part to truck volumes approaching "staggering levels" on the Interstate Highway system.
The report, titled "America''s Freight Challenge," is the latest of a series of reports to assist the 12-member National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, created by Congress to make recommendations on the future of the nation''s transportation system.
"The Interstate system created the nation''s trucking industry, and made the U.S. No. 1 economically around the world," said AASHTO Executive Director John Horsely. "But unless we act now, our transportation system will be overwhelmed by what is coming at us and become a ...