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[quote user="Bonas"] Stop Comparing Amtrak ridership with automobiles. You have to use % of "Common Carriers" that charge a fare for a seat  like the Airlines and Greyhound. [/quote] Amtrak competes for the traveler's intercity dollar irrespective of the mode.  In FY10 (the latest numbers crunched by the U.S. Department of Transportation), passenger rail (mostly Amtrak) accounted for 13/100s of one per cent of the intercity passenger miles. Buses, including transit running more than 50 miles, racked up 1.08 per cent of the miles, and commercial air carriers rang up 11.6 per cent. The car came in at a whooping 87.18 per cent of the passenger miles.  The biggest factor that contributed to the demise of the passenger train was the car. If intercity passenger rail is to have a viable future, it will be predicated in part on the ability to pry people out of their cars and onto the train.
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