> There obviously needs to be a rational best-effort cost-benefit analysis. You don't seriously think there haven't been many? The problem is that train compan

> There obviously needs to be a rational best-effort cost-benefit analysis. You don't seriously think there haven't been many? The problem is that train companies, governments, and people who care about the environment classify and price costs and benefits differently, and government was paid to adopt train company calculus. It's not that nobody ever thought of figuring out the costs or the benefits of this major, well-known proposed change.