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minus-squarebryndos@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoYes, they just have to “run it at a loss”. Instead of trying to drive up the fares trying to reach “profitable” levels. A lot of the savings should come from reduced road deterioration and lower road maintenance costs.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAnd smaller roads. The routes that are ideal for trains already have the overloaded highways that are already too big to maintain rain and cant scale to traffic: just one more lane, bro?
Yes, they just have to “run it at a loss”. Instead of trying to drive up the fares trying to reach “profitable” levels.
A lot of the savings should come from reduced road deterioration and lower road maintenance costs.
And smaller roads. The routes that are ideal for trains already have the overloaded highways that are already too big to maintain rain and cant scale to traffic: just one more lane, bro?