Why Railroads Became Silicon Valley's Infrastructure Obsession
Source: Hackaday
Rails aren't experiencing a nostalgia revival. They're being reconsidered as the most efficient, least congested alternative to trucking as e-commerce and reshoring demand surge. The infrastructure problem isn't new, but the constraint is real: autonomous trucks and last-mile networks can't solve the tonnage bottleneck that only rail can handle economically. Rail modernization is a competitive advantage for logistics operators and regions that invest in it now.