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The Exorbitant External Costs Caused by the Trucking Industry
2015-06-08 17:49:42| Trucking - Topix.net
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office places the spotlight on the trucking industry in terms of the social, health ,and environmental costs it imposes on society but does not pay for, i.e., externalities. estimates that truck freight causes more than $58 to $129 billion annually in damages and social costs in the form of wear and tear on the roads, crashes, congestion and pollution - an amount well above and beyond what trucking companies currently pay in taxes," writes Because they don't pay the costs of these negative externalities, the firms that send goods by truck don't have to consider them when deciding how and where to ship goods.
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Category:Transportation and Logistics