Rail networks in most countries have been starved of funding while motorways lengthen, study shows

There’s a bit of good news in here:

In the four years that followed (2018-21), the average gap in investment in rail and road decreased from 66% to 34%. During that time, seven countries invested more in rail than roads – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the UK – while the rest spent more on roads than rail.

But ideally we need a Wales style road building freeze across Europe. We have enough roads to get everywhere, it’s purely building for capacity now and we should be shifting that capacity to rail.

  • cestvrai@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Car companies and downstream suppliers are also quite a big part of the EU economy. There are significant lobbying efforts regardless.