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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by remram on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:14AM (#32001276)
The more you do that, the less people think about the train as an option and the less they use the other lines as well. Plus it gives an opportunity for other, more polluting modes of transportation to develop, since no one is suggesting we do the same thing with roads.
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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by cinntaile on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @12:43PM (#32003471)
The roads in Europe are paid for several times over by the taxes on fuel.
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Re:Europe wants a high-speed rail network to replace airplanes by otagekki on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:04PM (#32007400)
Don't forget toll roads. They rake in billions in profits every year and keep making excuses not to decrease the toll fees. Worse, they have roadworks with decreased speed limits on really busy roads at the worst possible time, which in some cases makes your average speed lower on the toll road than on a toll-free road.
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