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1. Yes trains in very dense areas or connecting dense areas make sense - that's why my comment says "nearly all" trains 2. Everywhere else, even in dense citie
by someguydave 8y ago
1. Yes trains in very dense areas or connecting dense areas make sense - that's why my comment says "nearly all" trains
2. Everywhere else, even in dense cities, cars are very good at delivering people from where they are to where they want to go, without a large investment in single-purpose facilities like passenger railroads.
Especially in the US, it makes almost no sense to send passengers on rail when it would be more time efficient to fly between dense areas, and use the railroads for transporting freight - a task where they excel.
- adrianN 8y agoI'd argue that in dense cities cars are about the worst mode of transport for able-bodied people. For almost all trips a combination of a bicycle and a train is faster. Cars are expensive. Cars pollute. Car infrastructure, especially parking, consumes valuable living space. Cars cause deadly accidents.
- someguydave 8y agoAll those things are true, but you must balance the bad against the huge good - cars are effective at moving people around the city and to the suburbs.