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Title
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Kansas City--Freight Power House on The Prairie
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Description
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Kansas City's freight activity, distribution/transportation, is growing. As a transportation hub, Kansas City area "handled an estimated total of 291 million tons of freight in 2007, with an estimated total value of $826 billion." It's estimated that 20 to 25 percent of the jobs in the area are linked to transportation and supply chain activities. Several sidebars are included, one is "Kansas City Freight by the Numbers" that gives statistics for being one of the nation's leading rail hubs (p. 41).
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Date
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2011-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
