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You mention the idea of running commuter rails down the center of interstates. This was done in Chicago. When the Illinois DOT decided to build the Congress (now Eisenhower), Dan Ryan, and Stevenson expressways, they designed them with extra space in the medians for CTA "L" trains. Right now the CTA runs down the middle of the Eisenhower (Blue Line) and Ryan (Red Line), but they decided not to run the Orange Line down the middle of the Stevenson, instead choosing to use former rights-of-way from freight railroads. It would be interesting to have a freight rail run down the middle of I-80, but it probably won't happen. Too many towns along the current routes depend on the rails.
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