High Oil Prices Drive Shift To Trains
1st July 2007
Item. Well, duh.
I remember reading an analysis in college that suggested that the subsidization of the Interstate highway system was the chief economic factor in shifting bulk goods transportation from rail to trucks. On the other hand, trucks are a lot more flexible than trains, so the argument for trucks over trains is similar to the argument for cars over light-rail lines. They’re just more convenient.