cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN Businesswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1322
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minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoTrains are great but they don’t typically run to your local warehouse…
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoBecause the warehouse was built on the tracks. Alas that infrastructure tie-in has mostly gone away, new facilities are built with proximity to cheap labor, land, and easy to consume + pollute natural resources.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThey have, and they could again
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoCanals can be useful for this as well, Lowell MA used to have a huge industry all on waterfronts
Trains are great but they don’t typically run to your local warehouse…
They used to.
Because the warehouse was built on the tracks. Alas that infrastructure tie-in has mostly gone away, new facilities are built with proximity to cheap labor, land, and easy to consume + pollute natural resources.
They have, and they could again
Canals can be useful for this as well, Lowell MA used to have a huge industry all on waterfronts
Could but don’t.