Traffic World - the transportation community's weekly source of industry news since 1907.

AGENCIES / PROGRAMS

Department of Transportation - ensures a fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation system, with nearly 100,000 employees nationwide.

Federal Highway Administration - an agency of the Department of Transportation, which provides federal financial assistance to the system to construct and improve the National Highway System, urban and rural roads, and bridges.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000, whose mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.

USDA Shipper and Exporter Assistance Program - provides new and experienced agricultural exporters with information to get products overseas on time, in good condition and at the lowest cost.

ASSOCIATIONS

American Trucking Association - the national trade association of the trucking industry serving the united interests of 9.3 million people and 423,000-plus companies involved in trucking.

Association of American Railroads - represents North America's major freight railroads and Amtrak.

COMPANIES

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway - operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with 33,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces.

Canadian National Railway - operates a network of approximately 17,000 route miles of track in Canada and the United States.

Canadian Pacific Railway - a Calgary-based company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Limited.

CGB Enterprises, Inc. - an integrated company headquartered in Mandeville, Louisiana engaged in barge, rail, and truck transportation as well as grain origination, handling, storage and merchandising.

CSX Transportation, Inc. - a major eastern railroad, provides rail transportation and distribution services over a 22,700 route-mile network in 23 states, the District of Columbia and two Canadian provinces.

Kansas City Southern Rail Network - the transportation division of parent company Kansas City Southern Industries.

Norfolk Southern - a major freight railroad based in Norfolk, Virginia, with a 21,000 mile rail operation in 22 states in the East and the Province of Ontario.

Union Pacific Corporation - one of North America's leading transportation, computer technology and logistics companies, with over 65,000 employees and operations in all 50 United States, Canada and Mexico.