> it's still in the middle of the pack when measured by track per person or track per area Both of those seem like somewhat irrelevant metrics. Why should a mo

> it's still in the middle of the pack when measured by track per person or track per area Both of those seem like somewhat irrelevant metrics. Why should a more densely populated country be penalized for having larger clusters of people compared to (based on this data) Canada or Russia? On the other end, why should a country with large swaths of unpopulated land cover it with rail to improve its track per area metric, which densely populated countries seem to do well on? It may be more useful to consider the efficiency and cost of freight rail, as well as the share of freight transit (per unit of distance, for instance) that is on rail.