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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•7 hours agoNo it’s not, railway infrastructure comes at a fraction of a cost of highways, the maintenance alone, all the tires, fuel, insurance, etc of cars, even the environment impact (in like the area they cover/destroy) is minute. All that costs, somebody has to pay.
minus-square@CookieOfFortunelinkEnglish1•5 hours agoReally? So we can install thousands of miles of rail for under a billion dollars? Let’s do it!
No it’s not, railway infrastructure comes at a fraction of a cost of highways, the maintenance alone, all the tires, fuel, insurance, etc of cars, even the environment impact (in like the area they cover/destroy) is minute.
All that costs, somebody has to pay.
Really? So we can install thousands of miles of rail for under a billion dollars? Let’s do it!