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Rail freight shift critique warns against bigger trucks
The piece argues a 16 percent payload increase for trucks sacrifices public safety, highway wear, fuel use, and air quality. It notes higher truck weights raise maintenance costs, underpay freight share, and threaten rail traffic while urging state refusals or a repeal bill H.R. 1867 to curb the measure.
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Transportation Association of America
American Automobile Association
Senate Public Works Committee
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Illinois
Missouri
Highway Research Board
The
National Academy of Sciences
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
National Transportation Safety Board
House of Representatives
Washington