GAO: Trucking the least efficient mode of freight shipping

Would roads be better used with fewer trucks? D.C. Streets Blog reports: “The Government Accountability Office published a study finding that the costs of freight trucking that are not passed on to the consumer are at least six times greater than the equivalent rail costs and at least nine times greater than the equivalent waterways costs. Many of those are externalized costs passed on to society – like congestion, pollution, and crashes – as well as public costs, like infrastructure maintenance.”