I disagree that we need to move less by truck, and am skeptical of how much current truck freight can realistically go by other modes anyway.
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Replying to @380kmh @capntransit
Freight mode split in Japan by tonnage is 91% road, 1% rail, 8% boat; by ton-km it's 51% road, 5% rail, 44% boat. Rail is optimal freight mode for cheap bulky freight going long distances w/o water routes available--not for short-haul, high-value (or anything time sensitive)
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Replying to @380kmh @capntransit
There's a decent amount of express rail freight in Europe though.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon @capntransit
Yes they have long overland distances to cover, like the USA--but still rarely match our mode share. In Japan those sorts of goods can just go by sea instead of needing overland routes.
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Replying to @380kmh @capntransit
A lot of the non-urgent stuff goes by sea in Europe too. But neither sea nor road can match rail's terminal to terminal times.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon @capntransit
If you say so--european freight still generally goes by road, thoughpic.twitter.com/RMmGsmK5n5
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Replying to @380kmh @capntransit
True. But a lot of what rail freight there is is express freight. It has to be to not clog up the lines.
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I also seem to remember seeing that the EU stats are skewed in that delivery and construction traffic counts as "freight", and is nearly all road.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon @capntransit
what would it be called besides freight? it's not exactly passenger traffic
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Replying to @380kmh @capntransit
Well, it's not (or wasn't) counted in the US stats at all. http://zierke.com/web-page/eurostat_numbers …
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That data is 14 years old...but assuming they still report that way: how much of a gap do you think it leaves? As it stands, the American data I found shows that the vast majority of freight is short-haul, the sorts of distances that Zierke says gets ignored by US stats
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