>>1984987>The biggest problem with rail in America is branding.No, it's crime and/or unruly passengers
>its like having 16 hours to spend in a cafe to chill and focus on my work backlog while I'm traveling and enjoying a nice viewTrains only "work" when they're full or mostly full, they're neither profitable nor efficient if you can relax, spread out, and drink coffee (at least at anything near a reasonable price)
>it's the best bet if American rail refuses to update the infrastructure imoYou want a luxury experience on the taxpayer dime, as expected out of commies who own nothing
>Put whoever was in charge of the McCafe rebrand in charge of rebranding Amtrakah yes, take something unique and interesting and slap it on the same garbage sold for decades, pic related for what McCafe originally was.
>always starts as a luxury service and improves from there as a commuter serviceYou have to have a feasible way for that to happen, usually for technology to dramatically lower the cost of production (which is what happened for cars)
