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Chapter 2 Freight Moved in Domestic and International Trade

The American economy stretches across a continent with links to the world, drawing on natural resources and manufactured products from many locations to serve markets at home and abroad. More freight is moving greater distances as part of far-flung supply chains among distant trading partners....

Chapter 1 The Nation Served by Freight

The Nation’s 122.5 million households, 7.5 million business establishments, and more than 90,000 governmental units are part of an economy that relies on the efficient movement of freight. Transportation-related purchases and investments accounted for 8.6 percent, or $1.4 trillion, of U.S. GDP...

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Acknowledgements

U.S. Department of Transportation

Anthony FoxxSecretary of Transportation

Victor MendezDeputy Secretary of Transportation

Gregory WinfreeAssistant Secretary for Research and Technology

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Patricia HuDirector

Rolf SchmittDeputy...