fellas we gotta nationalize railway infrastructure in New England
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mainly bc current owners of most of it are unwilling to accommodate substantial improvements in passenger service even at no cost to them
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very uncooperative, sad!
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once the infrastructure has been modernized we can sell it off again...like flipping a house...
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A lot of arguments in favor of freight rail point to the high mode share for rail in the freight market in USA--but this isn't case in MA!
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I did a thread on this before: freight rail use in Massachusetts is as low as it is in Japanhttps://twitter.com/380kmh/status/892569014383325184 …
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Despite an extensive and very well-used railroad network in Japan, the vast majority of freight goes by sea or by truck...
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Massachusetts is a long way from getting the sort of ridership that Japan gets, but we *are* better suited to passenger rail than freight...
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...back in the 1890s, when American rail was in its heyday, New England was one of the only places w higher passenger revenue than freight!
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Haunted Forrest 🌲 Retweeted Haunted Forrest 🌲
It's unlikely that our freight mode share could change even with significant investment...but passenger could:https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/892420849516646400 …
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This is a huge opportunity which is being squandered by the inertia of freight rail operators--one way or another, this will change!
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