Why can’t we move interstate freight transport from the highways to rail?

Posted on 24 January, 2012 | 2 Comments

Another hideous example of what happens when you mix transporting people with transporting freight.

Seriously, if you can’t build the necessary rail infrastructure because Australians today are less capable than our ancestors 150 years ago, can’t we at least build freight trucks a separate road or something? Get them away from cars. Everyone who’s driven up the Hume has experienced some twinge of concern for their family and friends as one of these monstrosities hooned past. Trucks and cars do not mix well.

PS When doing your cost calculations for this, please remember to factor in the lives saved.

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2 responses to “Why can’t we move interstate freight transport from the highways to rail?”

  1. Catching up | 24 January, 2012 at 10:14 pm |

    It make sense to transfer the freight to rail. Maybe the result would lead to less being to be spent on roads.

  2. bikelogistics269 | 7 December, 2013 at 5:11 pm |

    Seriously, if you can’t build the necessary rail infrastructure because Australians

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