Most stuff does indeed get around the US by truck: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/freight_shipments_in_america/html/enti

Most stuff does indeed get around the US by truck: http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/freight_shipments_in_america/html/entire.html http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/pub... I've also heard our freight rail infrastructure described as excellent through, so maybe if you compared it to other countries in cost per ton/mile it would come out well.