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A lot of freight is already transported by rail in the US 18-30% depending on who you ask. This seems about on par with or bigger than the fraction of fright th
by Sevii 5y ago
A lot of freight is already transported by rail in the US 18-30% depending on who you ask. This seems about on par with or bigger than the fraction of fright that travels by rail in Europe.
Part of the difference is that rail in the US is used mostly for fright whereas people use trains to get around more in Europe. Passenger focused rail vs fright focused rail.
30% according to railroads.dot.gov.
https://railroads.dot.gov/rail-network-development/freight-rail-overview https://railroads.dot.gov/rail-network-development/freight-r...
- User23 5y agoIt's easy to forget what a big deal rail is in the USA, because the freight lines successfully lobbied Congress to allow them to eliminate the passenger cards they used to be required to add to the end of their freight trains. Back when that was the case passenger rail travel in the USA was cheap and ubiquitous, because it went everywhere the mail did. E.B. White has a wonderful little essay[1] about it. The full text can be found in the excellent Essays of E.B. White[2]. [1] http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=91313 http://www.sheilaomalley.com/?p=91313 [2] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394616.Essays_of_E_B_White https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/394616.Essays_of_E_B_Whi...