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Article #13118Re: Route 81 - railroad
From: DPH
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:00
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Hardly dictate. By subsidizing railroads like highways, the price of rail shipment would go down, and the shippers would voluntarily choose to ship by rail. DPH "C. P. Zilliacus" wrote: > In <369CDA4F.D68FD157@nist.gov>, Douglas White <douglas.white@nist.gov> writes: > > >Support railroad funding. The railroads should be hauling trailers and > >containers long distances, rather than trucks, freeing up the interstates. > >This doesn't kill the goose with the gold egg, though, because trucks are > >still more efficient in SHORT-haul situations. > > Hmm - another effort to dictate mode choice. > > The shippers, carriers and receivers can very well decide > on their own which mode of freight transportation suits > their needs the best.
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