So i've been thinking about developing some landfills, coal plants and heavy industry enclave at the outskirts of a city, connected to the mainland only by railroad. And of course some streets in the enclave itself, to link the stations and facilities. The way i figured it was like that: a passenger railway station for employees to get to the enclave and a freight station for waste to get to the landfill. My doubts are: 1) whether waste can travel by railroads 2) whether power plants/ landfills/ industry won't get wealthier employees that hesitate to use mass transit.
So my major question is "how vital are roads?" (i'm talking NAM here, but any speculation on vanilla roadless layouts is welcomed)