Population Density:
870/sqmi
1313/sqmi
Land Area:
146,000 sqmi
39,000 sqmi
GDP (PPP) per capita:
$44,426
$44,210
Density of capital region:
3430/sqmi
5646/sqmi
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Ridership on High Speed Rail nationwide:
421m
57m
Ridership on Subway + Suburban Railway in capital area:
13.5b (only counting top 11 operators)
3.8b
Total ridership on "national" rail system (JR Group & Korail):
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Passenger rail use in Japan is FAR higher than in South Korea, which despite generally higher population density than Japan, relies far more on cars for transportation. This is not to say that density has NO relevance for passenger rail--but it's less important than you think!
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Frequency of service, network extent/structure; these are both bigger factors--no matter how crowded your city (or country) is, YOU CAN'T USE A TRAIN THAT ISN'T THERE! So remember: - FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM - DENSITY ISN'T DESTINY Thank you for riding with
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Density at that scale doesn't matter very much for rail ridership - What seems to mostly matter is density within close proximity of the station and the intensity of development of business districts.
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South Korea is (as far as I can tell) on par with Japan re: density near stations, and exceeds Japan re: intensity of development of business districts.
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Then they should probably build more trains.
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Americans have been convinced through black magic that somehow owning a car is an economical form of transportation and that trains are gross and icky
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Trains were gross and icky in the immediate postwar years because of deferred maintenance. Freeways were the thing.
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And frankly they still are--we have yet to really catch up on maintenance
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Your argument doesn't follow. That the US is too sparse for effective passenger rail in the modern era could be true without a relationship of density:usage. RoK could have bad policy. If you wanted to give a counterexample, you'd need a nation with…
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…pop density & major population center distances similar to the US's with rail usage/cap. more like Japan's
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See: Russia
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New Jersey has higher population density than Japan. Commuter rail arguably not as good though. Actually it's not arguable at all.
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