And we won't wander around Western Europe anymore?

 "According to the European Environment Agency (EAA), the transport sector generates about a quarter of the EU's greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, so it is receiving quite a lot of attention in order to reduce both the pollution caused by the vehicles themselves and to promote the use of less polluting means.

 

     One such measure is the European Strategy for Smart and Sustainable Mobility, which envisages a significant structural change that will increase the amount of freight transported by rail by 50% between 2015 and 2030, and 100% by 2050. The main goal of such an ambition is the reduction of transport pollution, while also reducing the number of trucks on the roads.

 

     A side effect of this project is that once the railways move the main cargo, road transport will be limited to only the distribution of cargo from the railway to the final recipients. This means that the transport sector, which generates approximately one-tenth of Lithuania's GDP, will lose some, perhaps a considerable part, of its main income, received from freight transported in Europe.

  

     According to EAA, trains transport 1 ton of cargo for 1 km, emitting 24 g of carbon dioxide (CO2). Trucks do the same job emitting 137g of CO2.

 

     Naturally, this abatement option seems like a great opportunity to move the numbers from the red row of the Excel spreadsheet to the green one."