Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S...
by sigstoat on Friday January 25, 2019 @04:48PM
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> Passenger rail will otherwise always take a back seat to freight.
moving all the freight to something less efficient would 1) have significant environmental impacts and 2) raise the cost of all consumer goods, disproportionally harming the poor.
Re:Could High-Speed Rail Ease California’s Housing Crisis? S...
by pstuart on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:16PM
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No, freight gets to use the existing rails. We just invest in expanding capacity on the existing right of ways (with a minimum of eminent domain to widen when possible).
moving all the freight to something less efficient would 1) have significant environmental impacts and 2) raise the cost of all consumer goods, disproportionally harming the poor.