“It’s called high-speed passenger rail.”
Which are run NO WHERE except as government subsidized systems; which means, an unfettered organic private economy does not support them.
The statistics used for favoring them are “averages” and the longest travel time delays are where two factors are usually simultaneously present - inordinate, inefficient, excessive metro-centralization of work opportunities in the most densely populated areas AND the largest U.S. domestic uses of “mass transit” systems, attempting to offset the delays found there.
“High speed” rail will never be a “commuter” factor there.
It’s only hope is to maybe someday compete with regional air traffic, but it is not proven that it can do so there, economically, without subsidies.
Right now every country that is bragging about their “high speed rail” systems, are simply bragging about running train systems that in economic terms are no different than the now defunct “Concorde” airliners. Not really worth bragging about, when you consider the costs.
an unfettered organic private economy does not support them.
That's pretty silly...
there's no such thing on the face of the entire planet.
Where do you think you're going to find "an unfettered organic private economy???"
Maybe Uranus???