Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the members of the National Freight Advisory Committee, a diverse group of transportation professionals that will provide advice and recommendations aimed at improving the national freight transportation system.
A strong freight transportation system is critical to the nation’s economy and essential for helping meet President Obama’s goal of doubling U.S. exports by 2015, DOT said.
“The strength of our economy and the strength of our national freight system go hand in hand,” LaHood said in a statement.
“The members of this committee understand firsthand the critical importance of freight movement, and their valuable insight will help ensure that our system is more secure and better connected,” he said.
The Advisory Committee is composed of 47 voting members from outside DOT with differing perspectives on freight transportation and represents various modes of transportation, geographic regions, and policy areas.
Freight customers and providers, labor representatives, safety experts and government entities are also represented.
Click here for a full list of DOT’s Freight Advisory Committee members. (U.S. DOT website.)
