How many highway lane-miles existed 70 years ago vs how many track-miles existed 70 years ago?
Touche, but this goes back to the kinds of goods where rail predominates: bulky, low cost-to-weight ratio, low time sensitivity.
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How about as part of the supermarket distribution chain? This is quite time sensitive. http://www.freightonrail.org.uk/CaseStudySupermarkets.htm …
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Rail figures in the supermarket distribution chains in the USA, as well, but (as this article indicates is true for the UK, too) not for last-mile shipments. Look at the figure they give--550km from Magna Park to Grangemouth, ie greater than 250mi (not short-haul)
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I *think* there's more now than then. Obviously it won't be to the store loading dock (almost none have sidings) but there is an agenda to get more freight on rail.
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Oh--what was the date on the piece? I didn't notice one. There's an agenda for that here too (CSX for one won't stop advertising for it), we'll see how much of a dent it puts in mode share tho (esp re: mode share over short distances, which is most urban truck traffic).
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