Ohio Freight Trains Will Create New Jobs Investments in America’s freight rail system would create thousands of green jobs in Ohio, improve the country’s infrastructure and reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, according to a report released by the BlueGreen Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute. The report shows that the expansion of freight rail in the U.S. can create approximately 7,800 green jobs for every $1 billion of capital invested and serves as a guide for policy makers on sustaining and expanding the domestic freight rail network. If this is expanded to include re-spending by freight rail and supporting industry employees, between 12,300 and 26,600 American jobs would be created or sustained per $1 billion invested. Its time we reinvest in improving freight rail lines across the buckeye state. Dennis S. Spisak-Green Party of Ohio Candidate for Governor
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:58:40 +0000
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