What do we want? NICE TRAINS When do we want them? EVERY 3-10 MINUTES ALL DAY
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As for freight--it's mostly due to two factors: 1) the kind of goods being shipped and 2) the geography, specifically distance to navigable water Freight which is high value (per unit weight) & time sensitive will tend to go by truck or air--cheap heavy freight by rail or water
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Japan being an island, most of their heavy bulk freight can just go by sea, and the rest is generally cheaper and timelier by truck than by train. USA however has to move lots of very heavy stuff (eg coal, mostly mined in Wyoming) very long distances overland, so trains win out
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Er, maybe "win out" is the wrong word, since even on a national scale rail's mode share for freight isn't higher than other modes....but USA has a much higher freight mode share than most industrialized countries (this varies a LOT depending on where in USA you are)
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