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>for the same reason that Europe and Japan don't have effective freight rail systems ...don't we? I'm not sure about the effectiveness or how to measure it, bu
by poincaredisk 2y ago
>for the same reason that Europe and Japan don't have effective freight rail systems
...don't we? I'm not sure about the effectiveness or how to measure it, but I know that a lot of cargo - especially long distance cargo - travels by rail.
- philwelch 2y agoEurope has, by proportion, significantly more trucking and significantly less rail freight than the United States. Relatedly, the average American freight train is 2-3x longer than the maximum allowed length of a European freight train.