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The US makes extensive use of freight rail. Like look at the per Capita number at the end of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usage htt
by maxerickson 5y ago
The US makes extensive use of freight rail. Like look at the per Capita number at the end of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_usage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_rail_us...
The modal share for rail is also relatively high.
A lot of it is bulk commodities of course.
- Teknoman117 5y agoIt just seems like for the quantity of stuff we move around, we should have more rail. We have massive wide open flat spaces to build rail lines, yet, we don't. Transport by car or truck accounts for 20% of US carbon emissions, while freight rail is just 0.5%, and the freight rail is moving 28% of all cargo "ton-miles".
- etempleton 5y agoRail doesn’t get things to the last mile and can be slow. Efficient in volume not in time. America’s freight infrastructure is the envy of many country. It isn’t modern,fast, or even that well maintained, but it is extensive. Passenger rail is a completely different story in the US.