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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br />[It is also of note that if the rail grid were to be built today from scratch, most railroad companies would opt to place terminals and stations on the outskirts of major cities, letting trucks handle final delivery to the business districts. The only exception to this would be if port facilities were in close approximation to the business districts. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />That is exactly what is happening around Chicago and the result may be more highway congestion spread even fartther out on the area expressways. For example on I-55 in the Chicago area there's often 2 solid lanes of trucks, but the vast majority are local rigs hauling containers and TOFC trailers, rather than long hail rigs. BNSF's new facility way out in Joliet is just going to add to this, as has the UPS facility in Willow Springs. Intermodal may be keeping this traffic off I-80 across the rural part of the state, but it does nothing for congestion around here. <br /> <br />I suspect that just as the railroad congestion is largely at the terminals, roadway congestion is in the same place. If railroads could get the trucks and containers off the trains while keeping the freight on with better local delievery, things would be much better, but that's not the business railroads have choosen to be in.
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