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A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What I'm suggesting is to ramp up the tax on roads over several years in order to pay for the initial outlay on new train infrastructure. Then you don't need 90% of the trucking industry at all.

Which would be great for many other reasons.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    Train infrastructure is being removed around the world - good luck convincing people to build more.

    The fact is a train turns one trip into three trips - truck to the railway station, train to another station, truck to the final destination. That often adds days to what otherwise might be a 3 hour delivery - because trains are only cheap if you send about a hundred or so trucks full of cargo on a single trip.

    Only really makes sense for really long trips but more and more of those are done by ship or airplane. Trucks aren't going anywhere.

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