Or not. That seems like an awfully large generalization based on one city whose airport rail service hasn't had much time to establish itself. Counter examples

Or not. That seems like an awfully large generalization based on one city whose airport rail service hasn't had much time to establish itself. Counter examples: In London I'll take the Heathrow Express over the alternatives because it is a much more compelling option to get to downtown London. Recently in Johannesburg the airport rail took me to the airport in 14 minutes where as a car would take 90 minutes in commuter traffic. In Germany, I've seen people commute half way across the country every day on high-speed rail because it opened up opportunities to work that didn't exist before.