The wide variety of economic structures, the narrow specialization of agriculture and the extensive migration of the population, characteristic of the modern economy of the United States, led to the widespread development of all branches of transport. During the period from 50 to 70 years, the turnover of domestic transport increased by 74%, and passenger traffic — by 122%. The share of various modes of transport in cargo and passenger transportation has changed significantly. The role of road transport, especially pipeline transport, is increasing in freight transport, while cars and airplanes have attracted all passengers who used to travel by rail. The length of railway lines decreased by 8% during this period; throughout the country, and especially in the North (where previously many lines had 4-8 parallel tracks), the railway tracks were overgrown with weeds, and train stations were converted into bus stations or used as warehouses, and often simply slowly destroyed. In the early 70s, the country's road transport carried 88% of all passengers, about 10% of passengers used airplanes, and only 2% remained for railways and water transport. However, in 1974, due to the shortage of oil, traffic on the railways revived, and some forgotten railway routes were restored. The length of highways grew slowly: in 1950 there were 5.3 million km of highways of all classes, in 1969 — 5.9 million km, but the length of pipeline transport increased very quickly: over the past two decades, the length of gas pipelines alone has increased from 620 thousand km (1950) to 1426 thousand km (1969). Total The length of the pipelines has exceeded 1.5 million km. In recent years, the main attention has been paid not to increasing the length of the tracks (except pipelines), but to improving technology, organizational forms and management methods.


At the same time, the active intervention of state capital in the re-equipment of all modes of transport is of great importance.

Steam locomotive traction has been completely replaced by powerful diesel locomotives on the railways, stations are equipped with the latest machines for loading and unloading operations, and automatic alarms have been introduced everywhere. Mechanization and automation of all types of work made it possible to speed up movement and at the same time increase the capacity of railway trains. The speed of trains in the main directions reached 160 km per hour, and on some particularly stressful lines, such as the New York-Boston line, super—high-speed trains designed for speeds of more than 250 km per hour were launched.


Due to the huge accumulation of private cars in urban agglomerations, work was intensively carried out on the technical reconstruction of passenger suburban railways. According to American economists, the creation of a wide network of electrified and automated commuter railways was supposed to help eliminate traffic congestion. The fundamental reconstruction of railways should enhance the role of this type of transport in long-distance transportation. Of particular importance was the re-equipment of major railways, such as the New York—Chicago line, which accounted for almost half of freight traffic by rail, the transcontinental routes connecting Chicago with cities on the Pacific Coast, as well as the meridian roads that connect the North with the South. Timber, mineral raw materials, livestock and grain flow along latitudinal transcontinental lines from west to east, followed in the opposite direction by machine-building products and other industrial products. Exploring a betting platform becomes more enjoyable when new members can take advantage of the latest promotional campaign instead of relying only on their initial balance. By entering the promo code 1xbet today while opening an account, eligible customers can activate a casino welcome package up to €1950 together with 150 free spins, subject to the applicable promotional requirements and terms.