Supporters

What our supporters are saying

“Norfolk Southern’s proposed Crescent Corridor Intermodal Freight Project will have a positive impact on our region’s transportation structure. Once this corridor is completed, it will help to reduce congestion, mitigate air pollution and fuel consumption, improve commuter safety, shorten travel times, and enhance global competitiveness.”
– Robert S. Gordon, director, Hagerstown / Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization

“The Corridor’s rail capacity enhancements will provide the Commonwealth with immediate and sustainable congestion relief, reducing highway maintenance and expansion requirements, commuting times, fuel consumption, and air pollution. Moreover, it will provide Virginia businesses with additional choices with regard to their freight needs.”
– Tyler Craddock, director of government affairs, Virginia Chamber of Commerce

“The combination of both private and public investment strategies will be essential for our national freight corridors to maintain global competitiveness and to provide sustainable congestion relief.”
– Jeffrey J. Broughton, chairman, Bristol Metropolitan Planning Organization

“This project is truly a cleaner, greener solution for our nation’s transportation infrastructure needs.”
– Ben Taube, executive director, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance

“This project is a bold example of our nation’s potential that exists if we set our sights on a more balanced approach to funding our nation’s transportation needs.”
– Paul R. Bergant, EVP, president of intermodal, and chief operating officer, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.

“We feel your investment in Jefferson County will be a catalyst for our future.”
– Chairman Max Fultz, Chamber of Commerce; Bill Black, Building a Better Future; and Bill Underwood, Economic Development Oversight Committee, Jefferson County, Tenn.

“This facility, then as it is now, is looked on as a way for the county to expand its tax base, create jobs and economic development – tax dollars for our community.”
– Administrator Doug Stanley, Warren County, Va.

“The Crescent Corridor Intermodal Freight Project will improve a key transportation artery for the United States and allow us to better serve our customers and their communities.”
– David P. Yeager, chairman and chief executive officer, Hub Group Inc.

“…the increased use of intermodal services will significantly reduce the volume of truck traffic on our interstate highway system, which will not only lessen the demand for petroleum but greatly improve public safety.”
– Commissioners of Franklin County, Pa.

“Freight railroads are a great American success story. We deliver real savings and quality of life benefits to consumers – just about everything that keeps America moving forward.”
– Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO, Association of American Railroads

“Railroads have the capability to expand with the Crescent Corridor, and the capital investment that Norfolk Southern’s making in that Crescent Corridor is just going to provide us opportunities to promote here in Huntsville as we promote international and industrial growth here in the region.”
– Mitch Bradley, director, International Intermodal Center

“Crescent Corridor will bring to Tennessee improved connections and faster transit times for goods moving in and out of the area. In addition, manufacturers are looking for more green ways to do business, and railroads fit into that perfectly.”
– Tim Andrews, Director, Hamilton County, Tenn., Railroad Authority

“Without adequate transportation infrastructure capacity and reliable and cost effective transportation services, the economic growth, productivity, and competitiveness of metropolitan areas, megaregions, and key industries are at risk. It is time for the United States to strategically plan and invest in its transportation system. Otherwise, the transportation system will become a competitive disadvantage for U.S. industries, and it will be harder and harder to sustain the growth of the national economy.”
- The Transportation Challenge, Moving the U.S. Economy, prepared for the National Chamber Foundation of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, by Cambridge Systematics Inc.

“A critical reason the Sierra Club supports your efforts is that we see the expansion of rail carriage of freight as one avenue to reduce the impact of the transportation sector on air quality, including CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions that are known to contribute to global climate change. Likewise, a substantial near and long-term reduction of fossil fuel consumption is required to ensure a sustainable future for the life of the planet.” – Jim Hutzler, transportation issues chair
– Mt. Vernon Group, representing the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club

“Increasing the capacity and reliability of rail service will provide congestion relief for highways and more transportation choices with the potential expansion of VRE rail passenger service in the Gainesville/Haymarket area.”
– Matthew O. Tucker, director, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation

“Rail infrastructure investment to me is the single great investment that this country needs to make and should be making for the long-term prosperity of the country.”
– Wick Moorman, CEO, Norfolk Southern Corp.

“All efforts should be focused on how to grow the nation’s rail networks so more people and more goods can move by rail. Rail is the cleanest, safest, healthiest form of transportation today.”
– Edward R. Hamberger, president and CEO, Association of American Railroads

“In general, train transportation is much more fuel efficient than trucking, and we should be doing more of it.”
- Colin Peppard, transportation policy coordinator, Friends of the Earth

“Relatively small additional investments in the nation’s freight rail system can be leveraged to provide large public benefits.”
- Freight Bottom Line Report, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

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