"In my opinion, most people in the valley or in North America still refuse to give up their lifestyle." You should try living in Europe. There is no lifestyle

"In my opinion, most people in the valley or in North America still refuse to give up their lifestyle." You should try living in Europe. There is no lifestyle to give up by using trains! ... so long as they are made correctly. Imagine if there were fairly high speed trains that connected SF, SJ, outside the bay - and LA? And the stations were easy to access through subways/quick trains? So many fewer people would drive. Having to deal with the BS of a car, be stuck in traffic, drive everywhere - is not a lifestyle advantage. :) Once you have easy access to good subways/trams/high-speed trains - you likely don't want to drive unless you have to.