What we do NOT need are a bunch of foreign drivers on our roadways and highways!
Too much power given to aliens in this country to create more problems hauling contraband drugs, humans, etc.!
Drugs. Railroads have the same problem. My boy is an engineer and say they are hurting for help, but the majority of applicants fail the drug test. (Why do they even bother to apply?)
This issue kinda reminds me of the big “unsolvable” problem NYC had in the very early 1900’s: What are we going to do, long term, about all this horse sh**?
Technology solved the problem, as self driving trucks will solve this one. And it’s a lot closer than a lot of people realize.
Time to go back to using trains to haul what not enough truck drivers can haul!!
He says that it’s not just the OTR (Over The Road) drivers/freight that could be replaced by trains, but it’s even finding drivers that carry it from the trains to your store. Trains don’t deliver to Home Depot or Krogers.
Plus trains don’t handle LTL (Less Than Truck Load) freight very well. They want a full container, not 50 boxes going to Kohl’s.
Was in Fernley, Nevada a week ago today. Train came thru. 4 diesel engines and I counted 120 cars. Most of those cars had semi-trailers on them, stacked double deck.
There is still alot of freight moved my rail, but when it gets to a major freight yard, it still needs to be moved locally. As expansive as the rail system is in the country, it doesn’t go everywhere.
Railroad stocks have done well....here of late!!