> Long-distance intercity rail is for the incidental traveller who travels occasionally US domestic air travel is growing at 5% a year, compound that over a de

> Long-distance intercity rail is for the incidental traveller who travels occasionally US domestic air travel is growing at 5% a year, compound that over a decade or two and it's hardly "incidental" travellers anymore, it's everyone flying whenever they can. It is a major contributor to greenhouse emissions and is not easily replaced. https://www.bts.dot.gov/newsroom/2018-traffic-data-us-airlines-and-foreign-airlines-us-flights https://www.bts.dot.gov/newsroom/2018-traffic-data-us-airlin...