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Truck and rail backups are clogging roads, creating more pollution and raising health risks for Chicagoans near freight corridors

Por: Chicago Tribune Business September 22, 2022

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Signs everywhere in Braceville, Illinois, say trains could come barreling through at 80 mph. But workers at the Union Pacific intermodal terminal in Joliet can’t always unload freight that fast. So lately, said Braceville Mayor David Wright, trains have been screeching to a halt three or four days a week. They’re stacked 20 feet high with shipping containers from China. Some stretch 3 miles through Braceville and the next town. Most stay for... + full article



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