Assessments

The United States' aging and long-neglected transportation system is an economic liability. 

To compete in a rapidly changing global market, the United States will have to adapt. The expansion of the Panama Canal, with its new lane expected to open sometime next year, has made it even more imperative that that U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports complete expansions of their own. Many U.S. ports are ill-equipped to accommodate the larger ships that will soon be making their way through the wider, deeper canal.

Building Better Ways to Transport Goods

<ul><li>The gradual deterioration of the U.S. transportation system may create inefficiencies that threaten the economy.</li><li>Failing roads and waterways will increase congestion in canals, ports and highways over the course of the next 10 years.</li><li>The United States will have to adopt technological innovations such as delivery drones to alleviate the economic impact of a weakening transportation network.</li></ul>

ASSESSMENTS

Building Better Ways to Transport Goods

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