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Something dawned on me and I'm embarrassed it took this long to realize.
Boats nigga. Rivers, canals, and coasts are going to survive the end of the world way better than railways and asphalt roads, and you can use anything from dugout canoes to 1850s opium clippers, to tramp steamers, to modern container ships.
So you'd expect a huge amount of cargo and people to be transported via strategic waterways like the coasts, the Mississippi, and the Great Lakes. The first cities to emerge after the collapse would probably emerge by these waterways because bulk cargo from water would be so much more efficient than the handful of nigger rigged automobiles that are still functioning. Once the economy regenerated to the point of widespread trade across the country, you'd expect to see waterways acting as the trunk lines of a cargo and passenger system that also includes land caravans (powered by the few remaining tractor trailers in functional condition) and maybe even wagon trains for the truly remote and impoverished areas.
Does /n/ do ferries and cruise ships?
