Secretary LaHood and Administrator Masuda went before Congress this March with their respective DOT and MARAD budgets for 2012. … DOT-MARAD essentially shelved the marine highways program and job creation for waterfront and shipyard workers till later in the decade.
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER I), which got $120 million for seven port and maritime related projects in 2010 and another $84 million for another six projects, will also get ZERO bucks, because planes, trains, and trucks are the modern tools that will deliver DOT’s vision of future, which is built on innovation.
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See also:
The Case Against Short Sea Shipping, by ILWU Coast Longshore Division