...ie cheap, heavy, in bulk, going long distances, is sent by sea instead (shore is never far from anywhere in the country!)
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Replying to @380kmh
I didn't know that about their freight network but it makes sense.
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Replying to @MeadBadger
it uses the same tracks as the passenger network, generally
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Replying to @380kmh
Here's a fun one: Here in Jax, FL some developer built a subdivision with only one road in/out, at a train track crossing.
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Replying to @MeadBadger @380kmh
The residents occasionally get stuck in/out for hours at a time when there's a cargo train traffic jam
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Replying to @380kmh
anyway, okay, right, if you can displace enough cars you can not build/tear up to save money. Each extra lane has marginal $
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Replying to @MeadBadger
if you are displacing cars as you describe then you are already way over demand, waste of time and money
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Replying to @380kmh @MeadBadger
ie--adding railways when roads are already sufficient
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Replying to @380kmh
I was thinking about how America is at a point where it needs to rebuild/replace a ton of infatracuture anyway.
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oh, ok--well, I would say that for most of the USA, this replacement will be highways for highways
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