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I have ridden trains around Europe and America. I have to ask you a question, Do you live in a big metropolitan area or in a rural area? In Europe they built turnpikes between and around their cities, they did not build free interstates (freeways) servicing their downtown and industrial areas. In major metropolitan areas of Europe, commuter light rail and subways were built to service their downtown and industrial areas. The small size of their streets in older areas were built for horses and buggies, not the automobile. Therefore, in Europe the choice of the automobile is an expensive choice, it is cheaper to ride city buses and trains. And what a network of trains they have built, even their airports were located and serviced by their commuter light rail trains and now by the new fast modern cross country trains. In my opinion America made a mistake building free controlled access interstates cross country and in the major cities. We would be better off with turnpikes. Instead of building the urban freeways, a long time ago we should have copied the Europeans in building commuter light rail networks instead. A long list of cities in America are beginning to appreciate commuter light rail systems, mainly because of the high costs of forever expanding freeways. Notice that the freeways do not make money either. Yet, while ridership of trains are higher in Europe, they have to because the roads and highways and turnpikes won't support more traffic. And when it comes to choose to build either another light rail line or a high speed cross country line, the people and legislators of Europe will probably choose the cheaper rail line instead of another turnpike. Yes, it is cheaper to build rail than it is to build a four lane freeway..... It has nothing to do with class, it has nothing to do with culture, it has everything to do with ecomonics!
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