> Obviously, you've never had to actually commute on a regular basis on public transit. I lived and commuted in NYC, SF, and Chicago. I haven't owned a car in

> Obviously, you've never had to actually commute on a regular basis on public transit. I lived and commuted in NYC, SF, and Chicago. I haven't owned a car in 6 years. I'm intimately familiar with commuting via public transit. There's too much in your post to reply line item by line item... but I'll just say that a defeatist attitude toward rail or breaking the USA's car dependency will get us just that - defeat.