Conclusion

The imperative has never been stronger to collectively reexamine our thinking with regard to freight transportation, and the important ways in which it affects our daily lives. Fortunately, there has never been a better time for action. OnTrackPennsylvania has a plan to combine decades of research and scores of participants into an engine for progress and growth, integrate the public and private sectors, and assign genuine importance to freight transportation as a common good. Implementing this plan, and embracing its holistic view of the state’s transportation system, would unleash Pennsylvania’s economic prosperity and promote its healthy expansion in the future.