An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads?
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An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? Or is our rail network so sparse that you’d still need lots of lorries doing the “last mile” (or 50 miles) hops? Is there a good source to read on the relative costs/benefits of passenger vs freight rail?
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An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? Or is our rail network so sparse that you’d still need lots of lorries doing the “last mile” (or 50 miles) hops? Is there a good source to read on the relative costs/benefits of passenger vs freight rail?
@neilmadden completely a hunch with no evidence to back it up, but I suspect turning it all over to passenger and getting all those single occupancy car miles down might be more environmentally beneficial.
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An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? Or is our rail network so sparse that you’d still need lots of lorries doing the “last mile” (or 50 miles) hops? Is there a good source to read on the relative costs/benefits of passenger vs freight rail?
@neilmadden @jon might know or know someone who knows
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An idea that occurs to me every time I see discussions of HS2: might it perhaps be more environmentally-friendly and pragmatic to turn over our railways entirely to freight, moving countless lorries off the roads? Or is our rail network so sparse that you’d still need lots of lorries doing the “last mile” (or 50 miles) hops? Is there a good source to read on the relative costs/benefits of passenger vs freight rail?
@neilmadden they tore up all the rail freight yards and put buildings on them
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@neilmadden they tore up all the rail freight yards and put buildings on them
@fanf do you think fixing that is more of a challenge than HS2?
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