{"id":806,"date":"2009-08-31T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/reports\/by-program\/now-on-pbs\/video-keep-on-trucking\/806\/"},"modified":"2012-06-20T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T11:26:43","slug":"america-in-gridlock-video-keep-on-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/america-in-gridlock-video-keep-on-trucking\/806\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Keep on Trucking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1358840574\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Blueprint America<\/em> &#8212; with <em>NOW on PBS<\/em> &#8212; in a report with correspondent Miles O&#8217;Brien looks at the massive amount of freight moved throughout the country &#8212; mainly by trucks on an aging highway infrastructure that&#8217;s crumbling and bursting at the seams.  With projected population growth and a rebounding economy, experts say it is only going to get worse.<\/p>\n<p>So as Congress begins a major rewrite of the nation&#8217;s transportation laws, many are asking if it is time to redirect freight traffic off congested highways onto more environmentally friendly and fuel efficient railroads.  Sounds good, but there is a catch.  Unlike highways that receive public funding, railroads are private. Should taxpayers sink public money into a private railway system?  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