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> The reason this doesn't happen is because of the tax and subsidy structure that heavily favors trucking over rail.

The reason for the tax and subsidy structure is the Teamsters. So self-driving trucks are how you get back to using rail. First replace the truck drivers with computers, then when there is nobody left to lobby against it, replace the trucks with rail.




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