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Study Shows Shift To Freight Rail Could Reduce Pollution By More Than 900,000 Tons

The Seventh Annual Congestion Relief Index shows how shifting just 25 percent of highway-bound freight to rail could cut commute times, save money and reduce air pollution. MORE...

Freight Rail Seen as Way to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

AAR President and CEO Ed Hamberger testified before a Senate panel today stating America would save billions of gallons of fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by millions of tons if freight was shifted from highways to rail. MORE...

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