Transport and freight management sector
Another shift that the user is experiencing is serving a growing and shifting population. The US population is poised to grow to about 1% annually, with the high use rising very fast. However, growth in society would not be even. Urban areas would experience more growth, especially regions that are termed as megaregions with the metro areas while the rural areas would decline. At the same time, the low-density residential area on the edge of the urban areas is expected to experience fast growth, increasing traffic, and escalating emissions. Although there is an increasing number of millennial settling in urban areas, the settlement is occurring in edges of the city where baby boomer also prefers to live. The focus of the society and the transport management is to try to adjust and guide the travel demand so that the system is not overwhelming with more traffic, roads, and emission resulting from these geographic preferences. Regions such as the Midwest, Northeast, and West have emerged as the economic drivers for the economy, but they also experience some of the worst traffic congestion. The traffic volumes in the region continue to grow faster than the available transport infrastructure. There thus a shift in the policymakers as they have to focus on the development of the best policies that can lead to the improvement of the travel within all the megaregions. The other focus should be on how society can ensure that the entire megaregions are connected to the rest of the nation and the world. The recent trends in the transport and freight management orchestrated by the growing population are leading to a severe challenge to the policymakers and society at large.
The issue of sustainability and energy are also affecting the transport and freight management sector. Each changing climate poses the greatest threat to humanity. To avoid a catastrophe, all the divisions within the economy should make drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.