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Potential for Government Promotion: The government could promote rail diversion through the promotion of freight villages; aiding in the siting of intermodal terminals, transload facilities, and bulk storage facilities; expand market reach for regional railroads; and the continued improvement in rail infrastructure, including signal, track, bridge, terminal, and clearance upgrades. While freight rail infrastructure investment has traditionally been left to the private sector, the Federal government as well as a number of states have increasingly become involved in this issue for purposes of economic development and road traffic reduction. There are several state and Federal programs that will fund rail improvement to help bridge the gap between investment needs and the availability of private capital. The Federal-aid highway funding program also allows some flexibility in using funds for non-highway freight transportation projects. To date most of the easier rail capacity improvement projects have been built, leaving primarily the more difficult and expensive projects. In addition to being expensive, many of the remaining critical needs are set in urban environments where there are substantial constraints on right-of-way as well as added costs for mitigation of impacts. These barriers will pose challenges to large-scale improvements in freight infrastructure sufficient to leverage significant truck-rail mode shift. - 24 -
Figure A-1 Vehicle Passenger Car Equivalents on Rural Highways Source: Battelle, ―Traffic Operations and Truck Size and Weight Regulations, Working Paper 6,‖ prepared for the Federal Highway Administration, February 2005. - 25 -
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