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As an American, I don't find those groups ridiculous at all - they are incredibly sane, actually. They can imagine what our world would look like if we reduced our reliance and dependency on cars and I believe there is a lot of value in that.
I believe that we need high-speed rail for freight and passengers in the US. A nationwide push would create a lot of jobs and tractor-trailers would likely be vastly be reduced on our roadways, which I'd consider to be a big win.
This may seem like a bad deal for truckers, but their jobs are already threatened (in some part) due to self-driving tractor-trailers.
Trucking jobs should never be considered universally essential anyway. Trucking should be a stopgap until public infrastructure can improve.
I agree.