I remember my German professor saying the same thing. His evidence was pretty simple: "You can drive from Northern Germany to Southern Germany in 8-9 hours. It

I remember my German professor saying the same thing. His evidence was pretty simple: "You can drive from Northern Germany to Southern Germany in 8-9 hours. It takes about the same amount of time to drive from Northern Minnesota to Southern Minnesota. Let that sink in a bit." The other major issue with mass transit is the longer you wait to build the infrastructure, the cost per foot of track continues to go up. Seattle has a long history with light rail cost overruns.