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TrafficSNAFU t1_ivi0n8i wrote

The number is actually closer to 30-35%. Rail transportation works best for longer distances but it not well suited for short distances. It wouldn't make sense for a shipper to put a container full of good on a train, if that container destination was to a warehouse in the tri-state area. However, if I'm a shipper and I'm sending goods to a distribution center in the Midwest it makes perfect sense. The percentage however low, in 2019 still amounted to 1.8 billions tons of freight. It would take an additional 99 million trucks to move that amount of tonnage.

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