What would happen if something were to stop the flow of goods along the Upper Mississippi River? Researchers at the Mid-America Freight Coalition (MAFC), headquartered at the National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explored the costs of failure of the systems that support freight shipments along … “MAFC Research Helps States Evaluate the Costs of Failure vs. the Costs of Maintaining Lock Infrastructure Along the Upper Mississippi River”