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Freight Transportation and Economic Development: Planning for the Panama Canal Expansion

This new NADO Research Foundation report provides an overview of possible effects of the Panama Canal expansion on the U.S., as well as efforts of some coastal ports and inland regions to capitalize on potential economic opportunities.

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Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development

This report highlights examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement and position their regions for economic impact.

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Short Line Railroads: Saving an Endangered Species of Freight Transport

This report highlights the action of the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board and the SEDA-Council of Governments to form rail authorities and save short rail lines that would have otherwise been abandoned. These lines continue to be

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