>And gas is cheap enough (relative to the rest of the world) that it's cost effective to rely on trucks and airplanes to move merchandise. The US has one of th

>And gas is cheap enough (relative to the rest of the world) that it's cost effective to rely on trucks and airplanes to move merchandise. The US has one of the largest, most used freight rail systems in the world (both overall and per capita). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_usage_statistics_by_country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_usage_statistics_by_countr... http://www.economist.com/node/16636101 http://www.economist.com/node/16636101