Acknowledgments

U.S. Department of Transportation

Norman Y. Mineta
Secretary

Maria Cino
Deputy Secretary

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Ashok G. Kaveeshwar
Administrator

Eric C. Peterson
Deputy Administrator

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Mary J. Hutzler
Acting Deputy Director

Produced under the direction of:

Michael P. Cohen
Assistant Director for Survey Programs

Wendell Fletcher
Assistant Director for Transportation Analysis

Program Manager

Deborah D. Johnson

Author

Felix Ammah-Tagoe

Editor

William Moore

Design and Layout

Dorinda Edmondson

Cover Design and Graphics

Alpha Glass

Major Contributors

Michael Margreta
Michael Sprung
Adhi Dipo
Shana Retherford
Scott Dennis
Charlie Han

Other Contributors

Steve Beningo
Ron Duych
Alan Jeeves
Paula Robinson
Neil Russell
Joy Sharp
Getachew Mekonnen
Fahim Mohamed
Sakina Saulath

Special Acknowledgment

Special thanks to Rolf Schmitt and Tianjia Tang of the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, for their collaboration in producing the new national estimates used in this report and in the Freight Analysis Framework II data program.

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Recommended Citation

U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Freight in America, January 2006
Washington, DC: 2006