Time for a major overhaul of the railroad freight service, where one engineer can “haul” many, many, truckloads of freight, and most truck driver jobs can go “local”.
My grandson drove truck for a while, nationwide, but it only took him a couple of years of it to get sick of it, so, he left the trade.
I think rail is the way to go for long haul freight.
rail is nowhere near tapped out in terms of what it could do. agreed entirely.
Rail is fine if you do not mind paying 10 times more for products.
100 trucks can drive independently in 100 different directions cheaply.
100 train cars carrying truck trailers all travel to the same place, while re-routing is rigid and clumsy.
Trains only work for bulk product like coal, grain etc.