USA : Vers un fonds "fret" alimenté par une taxe ?
Débat sur la création d'un fonds "Fret" aux USA, et son alimentation par une taxe de 1% sur les transports. Selon : Logistics Management, 5/21/2009 7:48:00 AM T ransportation legislation: “Give freight a fund” is new cry in Washington John D. Schulz, Contributing Editor -- Logistics Management, 5/21/2009 7:48:00 AM WASHINGTON—A potentially powerful coalition of transportation and freight interests is calling for a separate, dedicated freight mobility program to optimize freight movements across all modes and political jurisdictions. The Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors (CAGTC) is calling on Congress to create a dedicated federal Freight Trust Fund (FTF), modeled after the Highway Trust Fund to pay for freight-only projects. The goal is to include such a dedicated fund in the upcoming reauthorization of the highway reauthorization fund, which expires on Sept. 30. Transportation lobbyists are expected to work overtime between now and then on that must-p...