@StroomAfwaarts That clearly does not explain this, unfortunately: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/plans-fast-track-expansion-germanys-highway-network-spark-resistance
@joepie91 oh wow. They demolished thousands of kms of old industrial railroads in the last decades, and now there have to be new roads because of all the cargo traffic... jeez what a waste.
@joepie91 new roads also lead into and through newly built neighbourhoods, where new railroads would be silly.
Not in every street that is. Lightrail connections between neighbourhoods would be awesome.