1 regional freight story transportation policy board june 9 2005 the draft 2 why is movement important to us our ability travel trucks share road rail and roadway systems crossings shared track issues public commuter on private tracks economy all of jobs depend directly or indirectly mobility & goods since 1991 federal planning factors for mpos include connections in support economic vitality efficiency productivity global competitiveness just time business model eg boeing 787 assembly everything we buy as consumers comes wheels if you bought it a truck brought people make system work bulge railroad retirements can disrupt national longshoremen are needed keep docks open la lb congestion persistent trucker shortage due partly wage gap deregulation within market teams find day solutions how air ships link together across cities counties states nations especially under 1977 80 roundtable communication hub agencies parties retain rights roles independence statutory accountability 3 hazardous
