As measured by ton-miles, trucks controlled 32% of the nation's freight in 2002, the most recent year statistics are available, while trains delivered 28%.
Yet while productivity boomed--ton-miles moved per employee have increased to 11 million from just 600, 000 in 1955--the industry was unable to raise prices from 1980 to 2004.
The QDR proposed that the minimum airlift capacity to support the two-war construct was approximately 50 million ton-miles per day with an additional surge sealift capacity of 10 million square feet.
Dr. Smith said there was no connection between the meteor event in Russia and the 130, 000-ton asteroid that harmlessly passed about 17, 000 miles from Earth on Friday.
South Korea's Defense and Unification Ministry said the 29-ton vessel was returning from its fishing operations and mistakenly crossed seven miles into North Korean waters in the process.