That's a terrible excuse. Most flights in the US aren't to cross coast to coast. If you take the top 10 most used flight routes in the US: LAS-LAX Las Vegas -

That's a terrible excuse. Most flights in the US aren't to cross coast to coast. If you take the top 10 most used flight routes in the US: LAS-LAX Las Vegas - Los Angeles 286,262 - Take a damn train HNL-OGG Honolulu - Kahului 281,548 - Maybe don't take a train for that one unless you want to dig a tunnel. JFK-LAX New York JFK - Los Angeles 274,909 - Alright, plane is useful LGA-ORD New York La Guardia - Chicago O'Hare 263,499 - Take a damn train DEN-LAS Denver - Las Vegas 253,959 - Take a damn train LAX-SFO Los Angeles - San Francisco 247,571 - Take a damn train ATL-MCO Atlanta - Orlando 239,281 - Take a damn train LAX-ORD Los Angeles - Chicago O'Hare 231,252 - Flight DEN-PHX Denver - Phoenix 226,666 - Take a damn train JFK-SFO New York JFK - San Francisco 215,323 - Flight Most of your busiest routes could easily be done by train, and even land right in the city instead of being in the middle of nowhere when you land. And that's the busiest routes! Most lesser used flights will be for cities close to one another. Being in a train also lets you work, use your laptop, have internet, get up and walk, grab (overpriced) food in a bar wagon, have a wagon for children to play in, etc. Trains are just better. So, no, you can't use the "but the US is big" argument every time, sorry.