"We don't need more choices, most people wouldn't choose them anyway" afraid to find out what would happen if we did? Currently about 4.9 billion trips are made by train every year in the USA, impressive given how few railways there are an how terrible their condition https://twitter.com/Omae_Wa_Mou_Shi/status/1002579876346462210 …
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Imagine if we cleaned up and modernized the railways we already have, *without even building any new lines*--how many people would ride then? Now imagine we build new lines so that you can actually get most places by train--how many then?
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But I've glossed over the most hilarious thing in the quoted tweet: "We chose a highway model" Look at this natural monopolist! Do you think he realizes that Japan built its first bullet train at the same time it was building its first highways?
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This isn't a "trains or cars" thing, guys...this is a "trains AS WELL AS cars" thing. Choices! Options! Transport for everyone #TrainTwitter
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