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Trucks are big but are dwarfed by the number of single-occupant passenger cars. Other models that work well are freight trains and local trucks, without huge highways. Surface streets work fine for emergency services if they aren't clogged and hospitals are well distributed.



   if... hospitals are well distributed
But they aren't and never have been, so you have to deal with reality. Hospitals are getting fewer in number per capita, especially private hospitals.

The East Bay situation is worse. Eight large hospitals are located within one mile of the Hayward Fault.




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