>>1912283>>1912358And turning to the actual geography, the highest-volume routes for highways have greater overlap with passenger traffic patterns than those of rail. The thickest rail routes have no overlap with the highest-density population travel corridors. The "robust interconnected highway network" promotes more collision between freight and passenger traffic than more heavily-utilized railroads would, especially in the scenario of developing new rights-of-way (like Brightline West).
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/freight_story/congestion.htm 