Northeast Ohio’s most cost effective manufacturing and warehouse complex, featuring truck and rail shipping access.
National Gateway
The National Gateway
- decreases fuel consumption by nearly 2 billion gallons by promoting the use of environmentally friendly freight rail.
- reduces carbon dioxide emissions by almost 20 million tons.
- improves safety and reduces highway maintenance costs by converting more than 14 billion highway miles to rail.
- saves more than $3.5 billion in shipping costs.
The National Gateway provides more than $10 billion in public benefits in the route’s first 30 years of operations – that’s $22 in public benefits for every $1 of public money invested.
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Growth and Jobs
The National Gateway will create thousands of job opportunities and increase
traffic at our nation’s ports which will stimulate economic activity in America’s port cities and help the nation become more competitive in the global economy.
Safety and Service
Moving more freight by rail alleviates highway congestion, driving highway safety improvements and a reduction in highway maintenance costs.
Environment
Fuel-efficient trains reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.
Supporting States
States stand to realize valuable benefits, including increased tax revenue, less highway congestion, a reduction in highway maintenance costs and less air emissions.