55. The region’s businesses will access the global marketplace through an efficient freight transportation network.
Metro Boston’s businesses will compete in the global marketplace thanks to efficient movement of goods and people on a well-maintained system of railways, roadways, ports, and airports.
Currently, trucks move 94% of the freight transported in Massachusetts (Nationally, that figure is 78%.)
Objectives:
- 15% of the region’s freight will travel by rail.
- The Port of Boston will be fully connected to the regional rail network.

