Well obviously trucks or buses can't compare on a per lane basis. But that's not a fair comparison. There's a street to almost every house but not a rail road t

Well obviously trucks or buses can't compare on a per lane basis. But that's not a fair comparison. There's a street to almost every house but not a rail road track. If the railway tracks were as dense as streets you'd end up with much of the same problems and restrictions. You'll always need a truck of some sort to distribute goods from a railway station to a house. And I doubt you will come out on top if you have the added costs and time of transferring goods from trains to trucks.