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There's only about a dozen US cities that are even close to dense enough for mass transit to really be effective. The rest of us do need to have a car. A hund
by douche 10y ago
There's only about a dozen US cities that are even close to dense enough for mass transit to really be effective. The rest of us do need to have a car.
A hundred years ago, there was a rail network that at least linked towns together, but that's long gone, at least as far as passenger service goes - a lot of it is still in service for freight. Amtrak tries, but in comparison to countries that actually have rail service, it's a sad joke.
- djsumdog 10y agoThis is a big myth. The US is more than dense enough for good rail. Look at Russia with its high speed lines. We just need to start building it. We use to have it. Hundreds of cities in America had trams before GM convinced cities to use buses instead ... and then killed those buses. Just a few key tram lines in major cities can alleviate a lot of traffic, not to mention the growth of business and commerce along rail lines.