Kazakhstan (17/mi^2) has a lower population density than all but 5 US states (SD, ND, MT, WY, AK), and a much lower density than the USA as a whole (85/mi^2), but supports a national rail system with 21 million trips per year: https://twitter.com/380kmh/status/1031931654116397058 …https://twitter.com/tonybalogna/status/1052596900795437057 …
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The bigger point, though, is that aggregate national population density figures are meaningless for understanding the facts on the ground. NYC has an obviously higher density than Wyoming, even tho they have the same *national* population density.
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Also--and I absolutely cannot stress this enough--American transit is terrible and woefully inadequate *IN PLACES LIKE BOSTON AND NYC* High density isn't magic! You have to actually provide a good service or nobody will want to use it no matter how small their apartment is.
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New Haven - NYC has about the same service frequency as Okutama - Tokyo, only Okutama is a village of 5000.
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The very best that American transit has to offer is a veritable dumpster fire of excessive headways, unreliable service, and short operating hours.
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