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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jwieczorek Here's a solution. Tax all railroad proerty and fuel and labor out of existence. Then the govenrment (local, county, state ,federal, take you pick) can mop up the unused rights of way for a song. (we won't discuss inverse condemnation here). Then with all the relatively flat and fairly wide rights of way, roadways can be constructed and restricted to only trucks. Extra long combination vehicles can be accomodated on these highways thus freeing the interstates for the passenger autos. These former rail routes serve industries directly, and old railyards can be paved into transfer areas, where the long combination vehicles can be split into single vehicles for local deliveries. Jurisdiction of these new roads will be under the FHWA just like any other highway. Now you have most of the trucks off the interstates, Ma & Pa shippers would have access to anyone with a tractor. and the rates MUST go down, as there would be hundreds of people aggressively seeking everyone's business. [/quote] Not a bad suggestion[:-,], except that railroads are still more efficient ways of moving multiple boxes between points at speed, so it would make more sense to leave the rails in place. Until someone invents the self steering trailer wheelset, you can't have more than 5 or so trailers behind a cab unit, because of the tendency to pull the consist inward during curving. Also, rails have the greater potential for safe speeds above 100 mph, whereas those speeds on highways would not pass the safety test for tonnage.
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