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I'd rather all the cargo moved by rail. Trains can be automated way better than a truck and the efficiency is enormous for longhaul.
And last mile how?
Progressively smaller gauge railways, until your Amazon parcel arrives via a 1-inch track on the regular 3.15pm service from the end of your street.
This is the way
Trebuchets.
Cake buddy!
Are you suggesting the entire long haul freight infrastructure should be designed around the "last mile"?
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