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CBO on the Road: GIE+EXPO

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The CBO team recently traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, to meet with OEMs and contractors to talk about new products and industry trends for 2017. Catch some of Managing Editor Elizabeth Manning's top tweets from the trade show below. Registration for the 2017 GIE+EXPO will open early next year.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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This development is fantastic news for West Coast travelers coming to Indiana, as well as nonstop connectivity for Hoosiers to L.A. Louisville International Airport is the home of UPS Worldport, which completed three expansions since 2003. and San Francisco. An expansion of I-69 across southern Indiana began in September 2009.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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The less money that is needed to spend on gas and other work-related travel, the more money that can be spent on everything else. “In Without applying for, or accepting any tax incentives, Shorr Packaging chose a location on Ferry Road between Route 59 and Eola Road. Four sections are now open to travelers.

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Logistics: No Drivers Needed

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A major logistics trend on the rise is autonomous road transportation—no drivers needed. Indiana may be known as the Crossroads of America, but the aptly named Hoosier state connects far more than travelers criss-crossing through the state’s network of interstate highways. JOHNSON COUNTY FILLS THE ORDER FOR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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million miles of public roads and two million miles of oil and natural gas pipelines. The highway network consists of four million miles of roads and streets with about 600,000 bridges and the transit system is operated by more than 5,000 public transportation systems with 129,000 active service vehicles. It is comprised of 3.9

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

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The new facility will include 15,000-square feet of hangar space and 3,000-square feet of office complex on the north side of Tower Road. This service can remove about 700 trucks from the highways with each barge movement, making a major contribution to improving the air quality, safety and road capacity for our region.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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Kentucky’s long-term deal with Ford—which is investing more than $1 billion in its Louisville facilities —has cemented a century-long relationship that stretches back to the Model T,” Rogers noted. is poised to dominate once again wherever the rubber meets the road,” he added. 2 slot in this highly competitive category.

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