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The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Ohio Rail Development Commission have reached an agreement releasing $98 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to the National Gateway project. Work can now begin on improvements that will allow double-stacked trains to move freely from northwest Ohio through Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. Construction will begin on this key corridor of the National Gateway in the first quarter of 2011.

“This Recovery Act money will help move goods more efficiently among the four states and strengthen the economy up and down the east coast,” says DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. “Moving more goods by rail means less congestion on our highways and reduced fuel emissions.”

Eurocarex has achieved a major first: the first test of a high-speed freight train between Lyon St Exup?ry airport and St. Pancras International Station in London, passing via Paris Charles De Gaulle airport and the Channel Tunnel. This test demonstrates the efficiency, speed and environmental benefits of a shift in intermodal container traffic from air to the high-speed rail network.

The U.S. Government has introduced various incentives to motivate companies to use rail transportation more often to move their freight, with the goal of a greener transportation system throughout the country. However, there's no real evidence that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions would be reduced by forcing truck traffic onto the rails, says No?l Perry, managing director and senior consultant with FTR Associates. In fact, it's quite the contrary-most freight currently moving by truck would consume more energy if converted to a 100% rail move, he points out.

В Германии прошел дизайнерский конкурс, который должен был определить вектор развития автотранспорта в будущем. Встреча с темой «Будущий дорожный транспорт-2020», проводилась под эгидой Немецкой ассоциации автоиндустрии (VDA) и при поддержке ряда автопроизводителей.