Carriers Urge U.S. to Adopt National Transport Strategy
AN DIEGO — Several leading trucking executives last week called for the creation of a national transportation policy to help build new highways and replace aging bridges to lessen congestion.
“We have not had a comprehensive national policy since President Eisenhower created the national highway system, and that was a 30-year plan,” said Patrick Quinn, president of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises and chairman of American Trucking Associations. “We need another 30-year plan to address our aging infrastructure.”
Similarly, Douglas Duncan, FedEx Freight’s chief executive officer, said the nation’s infrastructure is a disaster that will soon begin to unfold unless a plan that includes a massive cash investment is created.