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==== Introduction ==== | ==== Introduction ==== | ||
VitalRail is a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the sustainability | VitalRail is a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity and sustainability of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. The need and opportunity for railroad development to address environmental challenges and transportation efficiency has never been greater. While North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system, the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue starkly contrasts with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue. | ||
Yet rail offers | Yet rail offers irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Growing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders. Consider the impact of space efficiency on highway capacity: a one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks on the road. And rail's energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on 1/2 to 1/4 the fuel and emissions. | ||
However, we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout; they outperform many other industries. That stability, combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies, will deliver a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together to expand the rail transportation system. | However, we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout; they outperform many other industries. That stability, combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies, will deliver a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together to expand the rail transportation system. | ||
==== VitalRail Stakeholders ==== | ==== VitalRail Stakeholders ==== | ||
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving this tremendous growth opportunity for railroads, rail-related | Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving this tremendous growth opportunity for railroads, rail-related companies, and the industries and communities they serve. VitalRail engages fourteen “Interdependent Stakeholder Groups”: Class I Railroad Leaders, Class II and III Railroad Leaders, Investors and Banks, Rail Employees, Citizens, Customers, Suppliers, Economic Developers, Transportation Planners, Land Developers, Realtors and Site Selectors, Researchers, Other Transportation Services and Modes, and Government Leaders. Learn more about [[VitalRail Stakeholders]]. | ||
==== IntelliConferences ==== | ==== IntelliConferences ==== | ||
VitalRail convenes stakeholder IntelliConferences | VitalRail convenes stakeholder IntelliConferences for planning at the level needed to advance this deeply interconnected, invaluable industry. We begin with the most important dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service. | ||
* [[Rail Growth Capitalization]] | * [[Rail Growth Capitalization]] | ||
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*[[Rail Trucking Coordination]] | *[[Rail Trucking Coordination]] | ||
*[[Rail Regulatory Excellence]] | *[[Rail Regulatory Excellence]] | ||
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==== Why Do This? ==== | |||
The expansion of freight rail infrastructure is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization initiatives, rail networks offer the most environmentally efficient transportation solution. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity - its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. Success requires aligning incentives across all stakeholders, from industry to local communities, to create shared economic value. Learn more about [[Why Do This]]. | |||
==== VitalRail FAQs ==== | |||
Go to the [[VitalRail FAQs]] page to get your early questions answered. | |||
Latest revision as of 19:17, 31 December 2024
Introduction
VitalRail is a comprehensive strategy for enhancing the productivity and sustainability of our industrial systems by expanding freight rail service. The need and opportunity for railroad development to address environmental challenges and transportation efficiency has never been greater. While North America enjoys perhaps the world's most productive freight rail system, the industry’s $115 billion annual revenue starkly contrasts with the freight trucking industry’s $1 trillion yearly revenue.
Yet rail offers irreplaceable space, energy, and capital efficiencies. Growing freight rail service will contribute cascading benefits to all stakeholders. Consider the impact of space efficiency on highway capacity: a one-mile-long train moves the same goods as a 27-mile convoy of trucks on the road. And rail's energy efficiency allows it to move that freight on 1/2 to 1/4 the fuel and emissions.
However, we need more from railroads than they can do themselves. Fortunately, railroads do not need a government bailout; they outperform many other industries. That stability, combined with rail technology’s inherent efficiencies, will deliver a high return on investment when the involved stakeholder groups work together to expand the rail transportation system.
VitalRail Stakeholders
Collaboration among stakeholders is fundamental to achieving this tremendous growth opportunity for railroads, rail-related companies, and the industries and communities they serve. VitalRail engages fourteen “Interdependent Stakeholder Groups”: Class I Railroad Leaders, Class II and III Railroad Leaders, Investors and Banks, Rail Employees, Citizens, Customers, Suppliers, Economic Developers, Transportation Planners, Land Developers, Realtors and Site Selectors, Researchers, Other Transportation Services and Modes, and Government Leaders. Learn more about VitalRail Stakeholders.
IntelliConferences
VitalRail convenes stakeholder IntelliConferences for planning at the level needed to advance this deeply interconnected, invaluable industry. We begin with the most important dialogues for expanding North America’s freight rail service.
- Rail Management – Rail Labor
- Containerized International Freight
- Revitalizing the Rail Carload System
- Rail Energy Efficiency
- Freight Transportation Land Use
- Rail Technology Adoption
- Rail Trucking Coordination
- Rail Regulatory Excellence
Why Do This?
The expansion of freight rail infrastructure is crucial for sustainable industrial growth across North America. As the continent pursues reshoring and reindustrialization initiatives, rail networks offer the most environmentally efficient transportation solution. Like high-speed internet, robust rail service is fundamental to community prosperity - its absence creates economic barriers and environmental costs. Success requires aligning incentives across all stakeholders, from industry to local communities, to create shared economic value. Learn more about Why Do This.
VitalRail FAQs
Go to the VitalRail FAQs page to get your early questions answered.
