>>1867327>Russia, in a way, shows that without governmental input, trucks remain a solution to the last mile problem.They're used for transport in basically all distance bands in Russia. Ton-km is a generally a good metric, but it's distorted in Russia because much of what they do is moving raw materials from Siberia into Europe or the Urals or China, and because purchasing power/the consumer goods market is lower than in other countries.
But median distance trucks travel is still 2/3 that of the US, which implies a decent amount of stuff being shipped end-to-end on trucks.
