railroad vs. trucking
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Railroad
Commentary: Hiding in plain sight – railroad KPIs suggest continuing weakness
Jim Blaze writes about the North American railroads KPIs, and what the railroads need to do to increase railcar use, revenue and shipper loyalty.
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Business
Rail recession in volume only
Market expert Michael Baudendistel writes about whether there is a rail recession, or are railroads paring operations and employees to fatten their bottom lines.
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Railroad
Commentary: Taking “forever” to assess safety impacts of liquified natural gas by rail?
Shipping liquified natural gas by rail is a controversial topic. Read what Jim Blaze thinks about the idea in his latest commentary.
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Railroad
Commentary: The good and bad of precision scheduled railroading
Ben Thrower writes about the positive and negative aspects of precision scheduled railroading in this commentary article.
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Railroad
Commentary: CSX offers the first trip compliance reporting
Jim Blaze explains the new CSX trip compliance reporting... perhaps the first step for railroads to compete more effectively with the trucking industry.
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Railroad
Commentary: CSX beta test trip plans score card introduced
Jim Blaze writes about the competitiveness of railroads vs. trucks and the railroads' lack of interoperability.
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Trucking
Shifting freight demand from truck to rail will improve air quality, study finds
Maintaining strict emissions regulations and levying a carbon tax on freight movement will help reduce mortality rates due to air pollution.
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Chart of the Week
Rail volumes decline as trucking recovers
Trucking volumes are up YoY, while rail intermodal volumes have fallen. Now may be the time for long time competitors to explore new partnerships.
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Container
U.S. rail volumes still sluggish
U.S. rail volumes are down nearly 4% year-to-date amid a 6.6% decline for coal and a 4% drop for intermodal.
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Railroad
Commentary: What’s a rail freight KPI, and why care?
Market Voice Jim Blaze contents that railroads are using the wrong KPIs to increase volume and capture market share from trucks.
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