roads can't replace rails b/c rail advantage is geometric; rail can achieve thruput/width impossible on roads
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Replying to @380kmh
Not sure that will still be true with self-driving busses that can drive very closely together.
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the more ppl those buses need to carry per hour in the same space, the more they'll look like trains and need guided tracks
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Replying to @380kmh
I mean, I like trains. I'm attracted to the "aesthetic". I'm just thinking about land use and costs.
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Replying to @MeadBadger
for minimal land requirements and costs per capita, trains easily
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Replying to @380kmh
right, if it were one or the other. I get it. But you can't get rid of roads so if you add trains you have to pay for both.
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Or worse, if you want a good cargo train network and passenger train network, now you're paying for THREE networks.
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that's not how this works; that's not how any of this works lmfao we HAVE a massive freight rail network in the USA already
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Replying to @380kmh @MeadBadger
we "pay" for it in commodity prices, a part of which goes to shipping, a part of which is by rail (and a part by road, sea, air)
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Replying to @380kmh @MeadBadger
all transportation is interconnected and is paid for by users--you get problems of "how do we pay for it?" when not enough users
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in other words, it makes no sense to build passenger rail if all passenger needs are adequately met by highways, as w most of US
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Replying to @380kmh @MeadBadger
but in American cities, highways AND railways are insufficient to meet demand, meaning congested roads and crowded trains
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