> It doesn’t have to. In a properly built city, the rail will end up less than 500m from your destination, and you can walk the rest. Part of the problem in 20

> It doesn’t have to. In a properly built city, the rail will end up less than 500m from your destination, and you can walk the rest. Part of the problem in 2015 is that unless there was planning for rail from the start, the cost to build out rail in established areas is enormous - typically because you need to tunnel - in addition to the cost of community consultation and other access-related issues. I otherwise agree that well-planned rail into key areas would have benefited a lot of cities, especially those feeling the pain from road congestion now.