Japan's freight rail network plays a minor role in the country, so it's not much use to compare to--but Switzerland sends more of their freight by train than WE do, AND they have the best passenger rail in Europe (if not the world). Freight and passenger rail needn't conflict!
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Certainly it's true that our cities aren't walkable *in general,* but plenty of them (especially here in Massachusetts) have walkable parts--Northampton, where I live, has a charming town center full of shops, eateries, and bars, all fitting in less space than a large mall.
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My office in Springfield, in turn, is in parking lot hell, but despite the surroundings it's very close (<5min walk) to the Springfield train station. Is it lack of walkability that stops me from taking the train to work? No, it's bc the ONLY train service is once-a-day Amtrak!
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If every city in the USA magically became a walker's paradise overnight, WE'D STILL BE STUCK DRIVING, on the whole, because there's no rail network to use EVEN IF PEOPLE WANT TO! This is just one more problem that
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Will be in Estonia next week; really looking forward to it.
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Great country with really nice trains! I hope you enjoy it!
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They have an interesting mix of Soviet, American and European rolling stock. You might get to see the old Union Pacific locomotives or even the modernized C30-M that are a weird mix of European design and American grandeurpic.twitter.com/PDu9TX7qOC
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1. Nice :)
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Eh, I can see the need to combine Canada and Mexico in with the US since CN+CP exists and then there is the KCSdeMex
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1. Chinese statistics are bullshit. I can elaborate using anecdotal and "official" data. Latvia, Estonia, and Switzerland are not comparable countries and of course Russia has a higher rate of freight rail. They have no people and lots of resources.
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2. It's a chicken and the egg problem. No railways => a walkable neighborhood does not develop around the train station. No walkable neighborhood around the train station => no railways will be built.
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