The irony is that some parts of the United States had great rail connections in the past, and they were torn up to make way for roads. The front range of Color

The irony is that some parts of the United States had great rail connections in the past, and they were torn up to make way for roads. The front range of Colorado, for example, had trains everywhere in the late 1800s. It was the way to get between Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Boulder, Golden, and other cities on the front range. Now they're trying to build a rail link between Denver and Boulder, and it's costing a fortune and running into all kinds of NIMBYism and bureaucracy. I'd love to see it, but the way it's going I'm skeptical it will ever beat out the RTD buses.