The distance argument? Good lord...here's a hint bro: few Americans travel from NYC to LA period, regardless of mode. Size of the country has little bearing on how useful trains are--consider that Russia and Australia have better rail systems than we dohttps://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/1037735868214075392 …
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Replying to @380kmh
I still don't really understand why the discussion about improving passenger rail in the US (both by supporters & opponents apparently) focuses so much in intercity, instead of intracity/intrametro travel. You know, the type of trips people regularly take?
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Replying to @dmtrubman @380kmh
I guess it's cause most people are so auto-centric in their day to day lives, they can't really conceive of another way, but long distance travel is infrequent enough, and driving for hours is annoying enough, that people are more open to a trying something new?
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My impression is they think trains are supposed to be for long distance travel, which is silly, but w/e
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