Cap'n TransitRT @thecharlier State DOTs: "Our fuel tax revenue is in danger. What shall we do?"
Every Analyst Ever: "You must replace fuel taxes with mileage fees; you should do it soon."
State DOTs: "But that will be controversial."
EAE: "Yes."
State DOTs: "Let's study it some more."
swopeIf we make commercial trucking pay for the wear and tear they put on highways, won't we push freight onto relatively efficient trains?
Too bad our cargo train system is fubar.
@swope I'd hope so! Too bad so many urbanists only talk about freight trains when it's time to make excuses for our dependence on trucks!
https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2014/04/no-more-freight-hostages.html
Sometimes I wonder if urban rails like trams or subways could be used for cargo deliveries during off-peak times.
Are there any cities doing that already?
@swope I haven't been keeping up with it, but a keyword is "freight tram". Here's a post from 2018:
Freight trams of Europe - Euro Gunzel
Trams are usually used to carry passengers, but across Europe there are a handful of tramway networks that also carry freight. Pure freight The best known in the English speaking world is the ‘CarGoTram‘ of Dresden, Germany. Photo by kaffeeeinstein, […] Continue reading →
CarGoTram is such a Germans-speaking-English pun. 😆