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Proposed high speed freight service in France
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The point of this thread is to compare and contrast the advent of time sensitive freight services on a pre-existing HSR dedicated to passenger transport, and how the relative success of this freight service could provide data for constructing a muli-commodity HSR network in the U.S. If we can build a network that allows bulk transport at speeds in excess of nominal highway speeds, it would open up a whole new marketplace, both domestically and internationally. <br /> <br />I would suggest that the Highway and Waterway trust fund be merged into an Intrastructure Trust Fund, and have the diesel fuel tax be applied to all diesel fuel purchases regardless of mode. That means trucks, bargelines, and railroads would all pay a 20 to 30 cents per gallon tax. Each mode would be allowed to retain a high percentage (e.g. 80%) of the revenues for reinvestment in its modal form. The funds created by this user fee would go only to open access ROW's to ensure that no monopolistic endowment occurs. The flexibility of the funding options will ensure that multimodal projects get equal footing. The rail portion of this trust fund will be prioritized for those HSR projects that initially provide interconnections to the current rail network gaps, and will be designed similar to the Interstate Highway System e.g. elevated crossings, controlled access.
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