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Article: Report Details Growing Bottleneck Crisis.
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- Pacific Builder and Engineer
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- March 6, 2006
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Compiled by Carl Molesworth
A January 2006 Federal Highway Administration report shows the nation is experiencing a freight transportation capacity crisis that increasingly threatens the strength and future productivity of the U.S. economy.
The FHWA report, "An Initial Assessment of Freight Bottlenecks on Highways," found bottlenecks are causing truckers 243 million hours of delay annually. At a direct user cost of $32.15 per hour, the delay from bottlenecks is costing trucking companies nearly $8 billion annually, the report said.
The study analyzed four major types of highway freight bottleneck delays: highway interchanges, signalized ...