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References
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?year_high_desc=true
[2] https://geog.ucsb.edu/poles-of-inaccessibility/
[3] https://business.un.org/en/entities/13
[4] https://www.prb.org/rippleeffectspopulationandcoastalregions/
[5] https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/synopsis_2014.pdf
[6] https://www.bts.gov/content/average-freight-revenue-ton-mile
[7] https://www.economist.com/briefing/2010/07/22/high-speed-railroading
[8] https://www.bts.gov/content/average-freight-revenue-ton-mile
[9] https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@investor/documents/investordocuments/pdf_2017_r-1.pdf
[10] http://www.bayrailalliance.org/why_trains
[11] https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a5314/4345689/
[12] http://www.nationalpost.com/long+trains/4348592/story.html
[13] https://www.railwaygazette.com/analysis/single-news/view/whither-the-train-crew.html
[14] http://bangordailynews.com/2013/07/17/news/penobscot/railroad-union-negotiating-with-montreal-maine-and-atlantic-says-one-man-train-crews-unsafe/
[15] http://trn.trains.com/~/media/files/pdf/map-of-the-month/tm0504-bnsf-crew-districts.pdf
[16] https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/appendix-A_to_part_228
[17] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=coal_prices
[18] http://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/maps-and-shipping-locations/pdf/intermodal-map-large.pdf
[19] https://www.economist.com/briefing/2010/07/22/high-speed-railroading
[20] https://www.openrailwaymap.org
[21] https://www.economist.com/briefing/2010/07/22/high-speed-railroading
[22] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jIYyu1cNgI
[23] https://www.joc.com/rail-intermodal/class-i-railroads/csx-transportation/csx-informs-shippers-additional-service-changes-september_20180815.html
[24] https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@customers/@announcements/@intermodal/documents/ms-nativedocuments/wcccon1032504.xlsx
[25] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/us/politics/trump-truck-driver-shortage.html
[26] https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/news/Rail-groups-ask-Congress-to-oppose-lifting-truck-weight-size-limits--56873
[27] https://theloadstar.com/truck-driver-shortage-crisis-now-spreading-across-whole-europe/
[28] https://www.railjournal.com/in_depth/sci-study-forecasts-upturn-in-global-rail-market
[29] https://www.nap.edu/read/11977/chapter/7#82
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