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Metro Freight: The Global Goods Trade that Moves Metro Economies (VIDEO)

Thursday, October 24th, 2013

This video highlights how the trading of goods is the lifeblood of metropolitan economies. The Metro Freight research series by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings assesses goods trade at the metropolitan scale. It uses a unique and comprehensive database to capture all the goods moving in and out of U.S. metropolitan areas, both domestically and beyond. The reports in the series will describe which goods move between metropolitan areas, how they move via different modes of transportation, and uncover the specific trading relationships between U.S. metropolitan areas as well as their global counterparts.

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Port of Prince Rupert Acquires Another Crane to Compete for Panamax Ships

Friday, September 13th, 2013
Port of Prince Rupert Acquires Another Crane to Compete for Panamax Ships

Transportation Issues Daily Last month the Port of Prince Rupert received another super crane and expanded its capability to receive Panamax ships. The Port now has four super cranes. “The arrival of a fourth crane for our container operations will further enhance our ability to quickly and efficiently turn around container vessels at Fairview Terminal. […]

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Waterborne Freight Transportation

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
From the initial settlement of North America, through colonization and expansion, and to the present day, where and how we live has been determined in large part by waterborne transportation. Today, the United States relies on its Marine Transportation System, or MTS, for access to global markets and global products, and for domestic goods movement as an alternative to congested surface transportation.

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Preserving and Protecting Freight Infrastructure and Routes

Monday, March 19th, 2012

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE FREIGHT RESEARCH PROGRAM

Summary

NCFRP Report 16 is the final report of NCFRP Project 24, “Preserving and Protecting Freight Infrastructure and Routes” (FY 2009). The purpose of this project was to provide practical tools to preserve and protect freight facilities and corridors.

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Freight trains at Oklahoma City

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Train 1 – 0:57 Train 2 – 4:17 On this gorgeous Labor Day Monday, I drove up to Oklahoma City and caught two northbound BNSF trains along “Crossing Alley.” I saw the first train between NW 12th St and NW 11th St, and the train was well overpowered with a total of six locomotives. The […]

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CSX Video: The Train

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

The truth is in the numbers. Of all surface transportation options, freight rail is the most environmentally friendly and fuel efficient. Learn more about how tomorrow moves with freight rail and the beauty of trains. -HowTomorrowMoves on YouTube

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America’s Marine Highway Report to Congress

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
America’s Marine Highway offers a cost-effective means to improve the economic efficiency, environmental sustainability, public safety and security, and resiliency of our transportation system. It also employs ships and mariners, providing jobs in peacetime and human and capital resources to deploy in time of war or natural disaster. Demand for ships to operate on Marine Highway corridors will also provide new business at the nation’s commercial shipyards.

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America’s Container Ports: Linking Markets at Home and Abroad

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Top 25 Container Ports for U.S. Waterborne Foreign Containerized Trade: 2009

RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
The U.S. marine transportation system handles large volumes of domestic and international freight in support of the Nation’s economic activities. As a vital part of that system, the Nation’s container ports handle cargo and are sources of employment, revenue, and taxes for businesses or communities where they are located.

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How It Gets Here: Trains and the Green Supply Chain

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Ever wonder where the things we buy come from…and how they get to our homes? And how does the path a product takes to get to us affect the environment?
-HowTomorrowMoves on YouTube

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Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project

Monday, November 29th, 2010

From Fast Lane, the Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Transportation: The currently standing Gerald Desmond Bridge links Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, a bridge so active that Port of Long Beach Executive Director Richard Steinke called it “…the workhorse of the goods movement system.” Unfortunately, at 42 years old, the […]

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