Certainly 30% is a big impact if it&#x27;s your day job, but it&#x27;s unlikely that the transportation infrastructure of the US would be dramatically different.  (After all, gas prices had $2&#x2F;gallon fluctuations that persisted over many years without much impact.)  Also worth pointing out that the OP article lists labor as 75% of the cost (which is very different than the source I used).<p>I&#x27;d be very glad to see truck taxes&#x2F;fees adjusted to better match reality.  If that means less truck and more trains, all the better.  Still, it&#x27;s not clear to me that trains don&#x27;t also get implicit subsidies (that are just less discussed because trains don&#x27;t inspire as much politics), or that the <i>positive</i> externalities of trucks are important, or whatever.