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I do wonder how important the highway system is to our economy. It used to be a great boon to commerce because we made a lot of goods and needed to get them to
by dnsworks 17y ago
I do wonder how important the highway system is to our economy. It used to be a great boon to commerce because we made a lot of goods and needed to get them to other regions, and to ports for export. Now we import everything, and the highway system just aids our increased consumption without actually helping create jobs.
- maigret 17y agoHigh-speed rail is for persons, not for goods. With high-speed train you can travel from A to B (with A and B being in the 'right' range of course) cleaner and faster than with the highway. And it may actually create a demand for more travel. In France, Marseille had a big housing price increase as the high-speed train brought Marseille 3 hours from Paris (http://bit.ly/9qPHlM http://bit.ly/9qPHlM).