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The surface should be reserved for people. Surface land is rare and can be better utilized for housing, farms, parks, bike paths, solar. There's plenty of spa
by aeternum 4y ago
The surface should be reserved for people. Surface land is rare and can be better utilized for housing, farms, parks, bike paths, solar.
There's plenty of space underground and sure it's a higher one-time cost, but the conserving the surface for people is probably worthwhile.
- pawsforthought 4y agoIndeed. The article talks about projected reduction of freight on roads of 40%. I wonder about induced demand. Presumably total freight volumes will not change drastically in response to the availability of this new system, in which case one could expect road traffic reductions to be stable. The quieter roads may well induce more personal transportation, but then with Switzerland’s already very good passenger rail connections, maybe not. Seems like a win all round.