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> The US is still littered with railroads Far far fewer than there used to be > Building a road and running trucks on it is just more affordable. Only if you
by diordiderot 4y ago
> The US is still littered with railroads
Far far fewer than there used to be
> Building a road and running trucks on it is just more affordable.
Only if you discount negative externalities.
And you can't even know that for sure.
The cost of operating rail is easy to calculate. Too many independent agents to accurately price automobile GDP (for lack of a better word).
> is too slow for time-sensitive stuff
Not if you have more trains running more frequently.
Its a case of induced demand[0]
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