But there is a difference between long-haul and short-haul trucking. The author of this piece understands that a higher-speed freight rail system can free the interstates of many long-haul trucks. Virginia and Tennessee are both looking at funding rail expansion in lieu of building more lanes on I-81 and I-40.
If it was such a good idea, it would have taken hold when Trains were the masses way of travel. But it didn't and Henry Ford became Americas first Billionaire. And if it was such a good idea and the publics demand for it was so great PRIVATE BUSINESS would be competing with eachother in the market place. But private business is not competing with eachother because they know it is a loser. And I will say, that MOST of the people who support rail and want more people riding rail are leftists and socialists. And their main driving force behind it all is their uncontrollable urge to control our lives, tell us where to live, how to live, how to get around and what to do. It is about power and controlling the way people live.