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What Makes St. Louis An "Ideal Location" For Manufacturing, Logistics, And More?

2 years 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis region has its advantages - especially for companies looking to ship goods anywhere in the country and beyond. Between the city’s centralized location in the U.S., strategic spot on the Mississippi River, six Class 1 railroads, and four interstate highways, St. Louis continues to invest in its infrastructure as preparations are made for even more freight traffic. Terminal Railroad Association President Brent Wood and Mary Lamie, executive vice president of Multi-Modal Enterprises for the St. Louis Regional Freightway, appeared on an episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to discuss the region’s many advantages and multimodal infrastructure. In St. Louis, the number of manufacturing/logistics employees per mile is about 366, which Lamie said is “one of the higher numbers in the nation.” “When you compare that to other regions, no one really is within that threshold,” Lamie said. “What that really mean

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

2 years 5 months ago
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is zeiche with a response to the claim that we have “an axe to grind” against In-N-Out because we covered their trademark tourism in Japan: techdirt grinds axes against companies that try to protect trademarks in countries that they don’t do business in. that isn’t […]
Leigh Beadon

Raw data: Auto travel per person

2 years 5 months ago
Vehicle miles traveled per adult peaked in 2004 and has fallen pretty steadily since then. By 2022 it had partly recovered from its pandemic dip but was still 10% below the 2004 peak.
Kevin Drum