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+1 for better trains and mass transit. Air travel is a different story, I think we should think twice about expanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmen

+1 for better trains and mass transit. Air travel is a different story, I think we should think twice about expanding: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_transport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_transp... We probably wouldn't even need half of the short to mid range flights if we had a decent rail system. Amtrak is a joke though - at least in the North East Corridor

nine_k 7y ago
Trains make sense in dense areas, like Northeast, Northwest and parts of California. And some trains there are. US is unlike Germany or England or Japan, where the density of population (and thus of railways) is much higher than in most of the US.