Would you pay more in taxes to fix roads and rail? Blueprint America correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.
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NOW on PBS :: August 31st, 2009
Keep on Trucking?: Video: Keep on Trucking?
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NOW on PBS :: August 26th, 2009
Keep on Trucking?: Overview
Blueprint America -- with NOW on PBS -- in a report with correspondent Miles O'Brien looks at the massive amount of freight moved throughout the country -- by trucks and by trains. But the aging infrastructure they run on needs more investment. Still, in these economic times money is hard to come by -- if the economy is to improve, though, the freight system that moves the country's goods needs to keep moving.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: July 15th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Freight rail improvements in Chicago get the green signal
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr updates a NewsHour report on freight rail congestion in the Midwest as a third of a billion dollars in federal subsidies is on its way to the backlogged region.
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THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Overview
Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a two part report looks at the bottlenecks of America's freight rail network, and the communities the trains intersect.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part two]
Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from the Midwest on the direction and congestion of America's freight rail network.
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THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Getting to the Other Side of the Tracks
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the impact of freight moving through communities.
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THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Web Video: Edward Hamberger
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), about the state of freight rail in America today, as well as its future. The AAR represents the interests of the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and Amtrak.
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THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: May 7th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Gone Electric: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Electric Freight Line
Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the viability of electric rail in America.
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THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: April 22nd, 2009
Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part one]
Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from Chicago on the state of America's freight rail network.
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