PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Diversion of waterborne freight to highways could more than double the number of heavy trucks on the average rural interstate.
Major waterways help avoid the addition of 58 million truck trips to our highway system annually.
Diverting river traffic would add 25% more tonnage to the national rail system.
Our waterways are cheaper, safer, more efficient and should be used to the utmost!
Thanks to Jim Kruse and his team at the
Texas Transportation Institute,
Texas A&M University
