Literally right here in your linked article--the limitations of short-haul rail freight are not about policy but about physics, which is why *nowhere in the world,* no matter how pro-rail, is pulling it offpic.twitter.com/q1G7lw861n
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Literally right here in your linked article--the limitations of short-haul rail freight are not about policy but about physics, which is why *nowhere in the world,* no matter how pro-rail, is pulling it offpic.twitter.com/q1G7lw861n
Again, that's a limitation on your imagination, not on physics. No government in the world is pro-rail enough to build a freight distribution system without any trucks.
Either - the entire world is unimaginative, or - you're overlooking a physical constraint Which is more likely?
lmao have you? if there's a country you know of which has eliminated trucks from its logistics, I'm very interested to hear about it
Are you telling me it's impossible for everyone in the world to keep doing the same stupid thing for decades, if not centuries? If you are, then you're the one who needs to look at political realities.
Usually when people think everyone in the world is doing something stupid for decades or centuries, they're not accurately assessing the alternatives. But again, if you have ideas for getting more of our truck freight into trains, I'm all ears.
Get more parcels/mail onto rail? Possibly not overnight, but 2/3 day parcels?
So long as that wouldn't turn them into 5/6 day parcels, sure--it always comes back to "why aren't they doing this already?"
It would probably need a national HSR (or at least HrSR) network built mostly for passengers which accommodates express freight 
Like in France, altho freight rail mode share there has been in steady decline since the 80s
The only freight on the LGVs though was La Poste, which has ceased.
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