> I would be happy to do it again but the cost is easily 5x what it would be to just drive and is far less flexible. To me this is a huge part of the problem.

> I would be happy to do it again but the cost is easily 5x what it would be to just drive and is far less flexible. To me this is a huge part of the problem. I've wanted to take the train many times in the US, but it also is wildly expensive here. Much faster and cheaper to take a plane in most cases. I'd think the way to solve this is to tax driving a car appropriately, whether through parking or other methods, to encourage and subsidize train travel. If the cost comes down, I'm guessing many more people would do it.