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fixed routes and three commuterexpress routes in the system.CAT's paratransit division, LINKS,provides curb-to-curb service forpersons with disabilities, averaging5,000 monthly passenger trips.The River Rail Streetcar Line, alsoa division of CAT, began revenueoperation on Nov. 1, 2004, and hasserved more than 500,000 passengersin its first three years of operation.River Rail crosses the ArkansasRiver on the Main Street Bridge toserve the downtowns of Little Rockand North Little Rock. A track extensionto the Clinton PresidentialCenter and Heifer Internationalwas completed in February 2007.The bus system averages more than8,000 passenger trips each weekdayand collects more than $1 millionannually in fare box revenue. Specialfares are available for students18 and under, senior citizens andpersons with disabilities.CAT's River Cities Travel Centeris located at 310 E. Capitol Ave.in Little Rock.Interstates and HighwaysA number of highways intersect themetropolitan area, providing excellenthighway transportation facilitiesunsurpassed in the nation’s urbanareas of comparable size. They includeInterstates 30, 40, 430, 440,530 and 630; U.S. Highways 64, 65,67, 70 and 167; and Arkansas StateHighways 4, 5, 10, 13, 15, 25, 31,38, 60, 88, 89, 107, 161, 165, 176,225, 256, 286, 294, 338, 365 and 367.Trucking and MotorFreightTrucks dominate freight delivery. Infact, more than 87 percent of allmanufactured goods shipped or deliveredin Arkansas are by trucks.From apples to iPods, trucks andthe people who drive them, delivereverything.Some of the nation’s leading truckingcompanies and private fleets are headquarteredin Arkansas. These includeTRANSPORTATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTJ.B. Hunt Transport, ABF FreightSystem, P.A.M. Transport, USATruck, Wal-Mart Stores, Tyson Foodsand Maverick Transportation. Additionally,major expedited carriers likeFedEx and UPS have significant operationsthroughout the state.Collectively, the trucking industryin Arkansas employs more than86,000 people, of whom 45,000are truck drivers, and generatesmore than $2.5 billion in wages.Central Arkansas is served by theseand every other major trucking andexpedited carrier in the nation. Infact, more than 6,000 truckingcompanies are headquartered inArkansas. lMotor Freight Carriers in Little Rock MSA(Terminal in Little Rock/North Little Rock Unless Otherwise Indicated)AAA Cooper TransportationH.E. McConnel & Son TruckingABF Freight System Inc.McNeill TruckingAce Doran Hauling & Rigging Co.Melton Truck Lines Inc.American Freightways Inc. (Little Rock, Conway) Mid South ExpeditorsArkansas Transportation Services Inc.Old Dominion FreightlineAveritt ExpressOvernite Transportation Corp.B&D TransportPinnacle TransportationBrady, Carl Truck Line Inc. (Conway)Pre-Fab Transit Co.Brown Transit Inc. (Conway)R&L Motor FreightC.H. Robinson Worldwide (Maumelle)Ranger Nationwide Inc.Cal-Ark Trucking Co.Roadway Express Inc. (Little Rock, Conway)Central FreightlinesSaia Motor Freight Lines Inc.Consolidated FreightwaysSheffield TruckingContinental Express Inc.Shuttle ExpressCon-way SoutheastSmithway Motor Express Inc.Fox Smythe Transportation Co.Southern Gulf Trucking Inc.Gator Freightways Inc.Southwest Freight DistributorsGroendyke TransportSouthwestern Motor TransportHilliard Van & StorageStallion Transportation (Beebe)Hopkins, Alicia & AssociatesTNT-DedicatedHoward's Inc.TNT-Dugan Inc.J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.Tri-Lakes ExpressHunter, D.L. TruckingTri-State DeliveryInway TruckingTSIKeystone LinesUnited Parcel ServiceLasley Trucking Co. (Conway)Universal TruckingLipps, Jerry Inc.US ExpressLVL Inc.Watkins Motor LinesMartin, Clelan E. Co.WSKTMaverick Transportation Inc.Yellow Freight System Inc.Source: Arkansas Trucking AssociationDirect One-Carrier Motor FreightService From Little RockDeliveryDaysLess ThanDestinationTruckloadAtlanta, GA 1 1Birmingham, AL 1 1Boston, MA 3 2Chicago, IL 2 1 p.m.Cleveland, OH 2 2Dallas/Fort Worth, TX 1 1Detroit, MI 2 2Houston, TX 1 1 p.m.Jacksonville, FL 2 2Kansas City, MO 1 1 p.m.Los Angeles, CA 3 2Memphis, TN 1 1Milwaukee, WI 2 2Minneapolis, MN 2 2Mobile, AL 1 1New Orleans, LA 1 1 p.m.New York, NY 4 3Oklahoma City, OK 1 1Philadelphia, PA 2 1St. Louis, MO 1 1San Antonio, TX 2 1San Francisco, CA 4 3Seattle, WA 4 3Shreveport, LA 1 1Springfield, MO 1 1Tulsa, OK 1 1Wichita, KS 1 1Source: Arkansas Trucking AssociationDeliveryDaysTruckloadLittle Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce 2009 Business Guide 75