The cost of roads and their maintenance is externalized to the taxpayer, whereas rail requires more fully internalizing the infrastructure costs. Road damage sc

The cost of roads and their maintenance is externalized to the taxpayer, whereas rail requires more fully internalizing the infrastructure costs. Road damage scales with something like axle weight to the 4th(!!) power: https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-trucks-do-our-roads https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-...