>>1349923Add on the fact that city center to city center by rail is comparable in time in Europe to air travel but in the US rail takes so much longer, Face it rails are not as efficient in the US for transporting people. This has been known since the 60s. Europe means living in a place where there are no wide open spaces. Most US national forests are larger than entire European countries. Add on the expense of car ownership and effectively a captive user market and it's a no brainer.
>>1350546Highways are communally used, railroads are the property of someone and you just can't hop on it. And you are stuck from station to station. If it was cost effective it would still be in use.
