Re: Drayage Operators
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 08-13-2017 - 12:29
GTH Wrote:
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> > > Are not the drayage operators also guilty?
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> > Technically, yes. But the problem is that their
> > profit margins (if any,) are not sufficient to
> > allow them to upgrade their rigs. If the
> > railroad's had to use their own truck fleet,
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> > would be in compliance.
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> There would be no intermodal business if the
> railroads did that, due to high railroad costs.
So you support a status quo that exploits drivers and pollutes the environment all in the name of the mighty dollar? Maybe you should look up "hidden costs" in the dictionary.