US railway system continues to self-destruct. Tired of hitting yourselves yet? There is another way #TrainTwitterhttps://twitter.com/RT_com/status/964257082068422662 …
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Long overland trips + cheap bulky raw materials = ideal for freight, which is why the Wyoming coalfields dominate the previous map In Massachusetts, the freight rail mode share is about what it is in Japan (~5%). So why not use those tracks to carry more passengers, too?
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The ROWs already need some improvements...adding second, third, fourth tracks to them--alongside badly overdue signal improvements--could provide passenger capacity without reducing freight capacity. Which, I reiterate, isn't gonna need to be much higher anyway in places like MA
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The passenger vs freight dichotomy in rail transit is particularly irritating because the circumstances which favor each are almost perfectly divergent: in short corridors with high urbanization and diversified industry, freight rail just can't compete with road for most uses.
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By miraculous coincidence, these corridors are *optimal* for passenger rail. Imagine that! Meanwhile, there's not much passenger demand for long overland trips that terminate at a coal mine. How fortuitous! Let's build something together, folks...let's be ambitious!
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It's always interesting seeing just how much of a rail hub Chicago is, surprised that doesn't get talked about more.
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