Before private equity bought them out, we participated in their bank deal…..Was in their offices twice a year….Good thing these people don’t think like Old Soldier…….a fan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:46 amold salt wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:34 am The impact of NAFTA on trucking & freight rail.
https://www.labworksusa.com/blogs/impac ... n-trucking
Before the implementation of NAFTA, the trucking industry in North America was heavily regulated by individual countries. The United States and Canada had strict regulations regarding cross-border transportation, which made it difficult for trucks to move goods between the two countries. Mexico had even more stringent rules and only allowed Mexican trucking companies (Mexican drivers and Mexican trucks), and carriers to transport goods within its borders.
Due to these regulations, the majority of cross-border trade was done via rail or air transport. Trucks were used primarily for domestic transportation within each country.
NAFTA has had a significant impact on the trucking industry. The agreement has resulted in increased trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, leading to more demand for cross-border shipping services. This has created new opportunities for trucking companies to expand their operations and increase revenues.
NAFTA freight flow by mode. (2016 to 2017)
https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/september- ... ht-numbers Total : Truck -- +2.8% / Rail -- -3.3%
US <=> Mexico : Truck +2.8% / Rail -- -9.6%
Trick vs Rail for JIT (just in time shipping)
https://blog.anderinger.com/blog/rail-t ... s-and-cons
Shipping by rail is:
-- Heavily reliant on ocean carriers who give poor visibility into shipments
-- Constrained by port congestion, as cargo can wait up to a month in congested ports like LA before it moves
-- Impacted by “metering,” where rail companies limit the number of containers that can move inland when inland depots are congested
Shipping by truck :
-- Offers predictable schedules by transporting goods where they need to be in just a few days
-- Is better for perishable foods, medicines, and other sensitive products
-- Offers just-in-time delivery and door-to-door service
Biden's passenger rail subsidies :
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo ... ture%20Law.
Will upgrade infrastructure that is shared with freight rail.
https://railroads.dot.gov/about-fra/com ... -billion-0
...more than $1.4 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law into 70 rail improvement projects in 35 states and Washington, D.C. This is the largest amount ever awarded for rail safety and rail supply chain upgrades...
...the majority of selected projects support freight rail safety and supply chains...So your idea why "rail doesn't work" in America is: decade after decade, spend almost nothing on rail infrastructure, and nearly all of it on asphalt roads........and then throw up your hands and say "rail doesn't work". Oh, and then blame NAFTA as an add on.
This is why your WWII way of thinking is getting replaced by smarter...and more fair.....use of tax dollars.
Have a look at the second chart on this page. Have a look at the MASSIVE blue part that represents spending on asphalt roads.
Then take out a magnifying glass, and look at the tee-tiny sliver of purple that represents infrastructure spending on rail.
See the problem yet? Still wanna whine and complain and tell the forum that taking a fraction of what we spend on roads, and put them in rails would make rail more feasible.
This is how you and Republicans think: fleece taxpayers for billions of dollars to subsidize roads for gas cars and trucks....give NOTHING to rails....
....and then come on here, and lecture us as to how making rails work is just impossible.
You're gaslighting again. You're not this stupid, and know perfectly well that we can move some of that spending to rails, and rails would work just fine. You're arguing to argue.
Having rail designed for small firms like mine would be a HUGE help to us, and pull more trucks off the roads. You know doggone well you agree with this approach, and are gaslighting again.
This is why posters let you have it. You don't believe what you are posting....and then you act shocked when your fellow posters make fun of your silly posts.
https://enotrans.org/article/70-year-tr ... -spending/
https://www.railwayage.com/freight/shor ... edibility/
