Ways to Mitigate Air Pollution from Freight Transportation along I-95

The congested I-95 corridor from Maine to Florida will be the focus of a study analyzing the economic and environmental tradeoffs of different modes of freight transportation.

Moving freight domestically via barge, rail, trucks or combinations of all three is expected to increase dramatically in volume by 2020, according to the Federal Highway Administration, which predicts a 65 percent jump from 1998 volumes on roadways alone.