Europe has generally done a very good job with urban transit. The real problem is that long-distance train trips cost a fortune, typically several times more th

Europe has generally done a very good job with urban transit. The real problem is that long-distance train trips cost a fortune, typically several times more than a budget airline. And ticketing systems between countries (within the EU) are poorly integrated. Despite many years of hand-wringing about environmental impacts of air travel, almost nothing has been done to address this.