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INTELLIGENCE on TRANSPORT* France - Freight needs to come off the roads and on to rail
Over the next eight years, we need to take a million trucks off the roads to reduce congestion and cut greenhouse emissions
Paris France -The Independent (UK), by Guillaume Pepy, SNCF chairman -11 Oct 2009: ... Free movement of goods and people is non-negotiable in this day and age... The seeds of change are already in place... one freight train carried by rail produces at least 80 per cent less carbon dioxide than if it was moved by road. Yet in Britain, freight road trips rose by 38 per cent in the 1990s alone while air freight grew by 7 per cent. More than 60 per cent of all goods are transported by road, compared to just 7 per cent by rail... Freight transport is now an urgent and absolute priority. Over the next eight years, we need to take a million trucks off the road, reduce congestion and reduce greenhouse gas emissions... Estimates in the UK suggest that a national high-speed rail network could ultimately reduce carbon emissions by one million tonnes a year – if the whole of Europe adopted high-speed rail, the impact would be extraordinary – for passengers, for companies, and for the planet... To make this happen requires investment, ingenuity and innovation... The freight industry is as conscious of the need for change as anyone – but it needs to know that transportation can be as effective by rail as it is by sea and air. Ease of use is paramount. Decent infrastructure, fast trains and well-run systems will make change happen... The financial costs may seem high right now. But the costs of delay are even higher. We need to take freight off the roads, out of the air and on to the railways. And we need to start work right here, right now... (Video from YouTube, by NThusiast -29 Sept 2008: "Freight Train Paradise Thionville -Lorraine/France-": Some freight trains at Thionville in France with multi-current SNCF Sybic BB 26000 series -with EC Iris-, Belgian SNCB/NMBS 1300, German DB BR185 and French electric locomotives BB 37000)
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