Oversized, overlooked

Heavy loads at risk from uncertainty around federal freight network map

By Autumn Cafiero Giusti

After a decade of sporadic development, an in-depth federal map of corridors and facilities critical to multimodal freight transport is closer than ever to completion. But it’ s unclear whether the map, formally known as the National Multimodal Freight Network, will come to fruition now that its fate is in the hands of the Trump administration. vitpho / Getty Images