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Ubiquitus posted:That’s one thing I’ve never understood in this country that has endless land between cities - why the jimminy cricket is there not a separate trucks only lane that all trucks must be in parallel to the regular highway that they have to use? It would cost a million dollars a mile per lane plus acquiring the land and people would be horrified that they still would have to pay to fix it once it becomes clear even to the non civil engineering nerds what percentage of damage is caused by over the road shipping. Currently roadway infrastructure and repair budgeting is a huge invisible subsidy that covers the externality of that damage. People wouldn't want to pay it if it was a blatant handout. You could reduce this by using a more durable surface, like steel rails, and reduce micro plastic pollution with steel wheels. Overall efficiency can actually be gained with this system by linking many trailers together. It would have the same footprint and build cost but return way more value. You could even reduce regular road traffic with some kind of multi unit super bus, and even use surplus weight and volume capacity to add mid trip amenities with a convince markup.
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