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[โ€“] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe consider different framing: If 50 years ago we had budgeted as much public money on public railroads as roads, we'd be in a much better position today and its even more likely this trend will continue.

[โ€“] Primarily0617@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

but that wasn't the case, so increasing rail use is going to be expensive and difficult