• @abracaDavid
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    492 months ago

    Oh my god can we please just have more trains?

    • @tal
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      2 months ago

      The US and Canada actually make pretty extensive use of freight rail already, more so than Europe.

    • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      52 months ago

      Trains make a lot of sense for cargo moving ascoss more than 1-2 provinces/states, and shoukd be the first choice for that.

      But for stuff moving only a couple hundred kilometers or less, and to all the places where there aren’t rails, you still need trucks.

      • @fuzzzerd@programming.dev
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        42 months ago

        That accurately describes the state we’re in today, it is that way (requiring trucks for a significant leg of the “last mile”) due to the incredible amount of subsidizing being done for road maintenance.

        Imagine if we were subsidizing rail infrastructure for freight and passenger service.