US 20 because it duplicates the NYS Thruway and Route 5 because it duplicates US 20. Side roads would be abandoned or sold off to private contractors who would bill residents and buisneses on there route a per diam for there use. The NYS Thruway would be a for profit corperation and only Truck Lines that can ship a minimum amount each year on a contract basis would be allowed. Private Cars would also have to carry extra insurance to use the Thruway. Both Trucks and Private cars would have to have there route approved and can not use competing roads owned by other road companys unless absalutly nessasry. If anyone else has any thing to add please do.
Both NYS and our county have shed roads. Usually it takes the form of a trade, not abandoning the route, however.
In the case of a road I regularly travel, the county traded maintenance and upkeep on that road with the town, who took over a now former county road.
Many roads in this area are "seasonal maintenance," which means they aren't plowed in the winter. And my township is filled with routes that outlived their usefulness and have been abandoned.
The problem with the "solution" as suggested, is that there is still plenty of "industry" (not to mention residences, etc) along both roads, and absolutely none on the Thruway. Each serves a purpose.
And, in many cases, the railroads may have shed branch lines, but did so by turning them over to shortlines, ie, local roads.
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