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Again, the point that always needs to be made in these discussions: America's trains are lousy even in dense areas where they're heavily used. Case in point, th
by TillE 11y ago
Again, the point that always needs to be made in these discussions: America's trains are lousy even in dense areas where they're heavily used. Case in point, the LIRR.
- wyclif 11y agoBut I grant that point, and so does the article. The problem is that most of the geography is not dense. Here's a classic and recent example from someone who commutes on Amtrak out of NYC, the most dense metro region in the USA: https://twitter.com/greg_thornbury/status/610132981571801089 https://twitter.com/greg_thornbury/status/610132981571801089
- tormeh 11y agoWould it help if Amtrak didn't have to service anything else than the west and east coast? Wouldn't service get better if you cut out the areas that are uneconomical to service?