Want to create car-length transport on rail roads? Can’t.
What car brain does to a MF.
Besides, we already have a work-around for that, as well as the “what if the railroad doesn’t go there?” problem: Auto train. Train can take you 90% of the way and then take the personal vehicle the last 10%.
Gonna be honest here the Auto train is an incredibly dumb idea born out of car consumerism. There's absolutely no need to ferry a lot of cars somewhere on a train inherently, they could just have cars there you could rent
I get the economics of this, car rentals are expensive and all, but it's not a good idea generally
Yeah it’s not really something that makes sense en masse, there’s a reason Amtrak runs it as a specialty line to a tourism hot spot. Point is, if it was absolutely necessary and personal vehicle rental wasn’t an option at the destination station, the option is on the table.
What car brain does to a MF.
Besides, we already have a work-around for that, as well as the “what if the railroad doesn’t go there?” problem: Auto train. Train can take you 90% of the way and then take the personal vehicle the last 10%.
Gonna be honest here the Auto train is an incredibly dumb idea born out of car consumerism. There's absolutely no need to ferry a lot of cars somewhere on a train inherently, they could just have cars there you could rent
I get the economics of this, car rentals are expensive and all, but it's not a good idea generally
Yeah it’s not really something that makes sense en masse, there’s a reason Amtrak runs it as a specialty line to a tourism hot spot. Point is, if it was absolutely necessary and personal vehicle rental wasn’t an option at the destination station, the option is on the table.
Or you could just have a bus station integrated with the rail station.