Unless there is a high-speed train running every ten minutes from my front door to anywhere I want to go, I’ll still spend all of that same time waiting at lights.
Trains work in Europe because they’ve taxed fuel to $7.00 per Gallon.
Hush up there. Obozo will hear you.
“Trains work in Europe because they’ve taxed fuel to $7.00 per Gallon.”
Do you mean $7.00 per LITER, which is about $19.00 per gallon! /s
Unless there is a high-speed train running every ten minutes from my front door to anywhere I want to go, I’ll still spend all of that same time waiting at lights.That's pretty silly.
As stated up thread, $7.00 per liter.
Trains work in Europe because they are much smaller than we are (both in Geography and physiology). Travel distances are minimal (What's the driving time from Paris to Munich? 4 hours maybe. Whats the driving time from DC to Chicago? 12 hours?)
They have greatly decreased personal space requirements. Interpersonal space in Germany is about 12" here it is 18" to 24".
They don't mind being crammed into small spaces with lots of stinky people they'd normally not associate with. Because they've been forced to live that way since feudal days. High speed rail is a really cool technoilogy that solves no real world problem. It will NEVER work in these united States outside of theme parks.