Trucking and rail are meeting America’s need for fast, efficient and reliable movement of freight. Whether carrying medical supplies, carrying grain from farms to distribution centers or connecting U.S. industry with global markets, the rail and trucking industries are a proven partnership, especially when it comes to intermodal freight transportation – large containers that travel by both forms of transportation. Together, they fuel the economy, create jobs and make for safer roads and greater sustainability.
Bigger trucks threaten this successful partnership, diverting significant freight from rail and undercutting the business of trucking. Heavier and longer trucks will increase danger to motorists, put more trucks on our roads, and strain the nation’s aging infrastructure.
Learn more about how bigger trucks will hurt rail and trucking.