Railways and Economic Development

[William S. Lear]

On Wed, May 6, 1998 at 20:16:46 (-0500) Yoshie Furuhashi writes:
>                             .... Has Jim read about the freight problems
>causing lots of 'lost,' mixed-up, or delayed cargo deliveries? Isn't there
>a need for investment in efficient non-auto transportation even in Jim's
>own framework of thinking?

I thought the recent spectacular freight problems were in the non-auto
transportation sector (railway; viz the recent transportation foul-ups
after Union Pacific's bumpy 1996 takeover of Southern Pacific).

Bill