What are the rough costs of

  1. constructing, and
  2. maintaining

a kilometer of a 1+1 road and single track rail? Is rail at all competitive in this regard?

^(I realise it also depends on the type of cargo – I’m curious about rail transporting everything as was the case in the 1800s)

  • cymbal_king@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The City Nerd channel on YouTube and Nebula discusses this issue a LOT. Trains are by far the most cost effective method of transporting large numbers of people and goods.

    Here’s a video discussing costs of car use

    Here’s one on the cities with the most affordable housing and transportation costs. As he explains housing and transportation costs are directly linked to each other.