It will be safer, more convenient, and probably save energy if every family got to putter around in their own autonomous vehicle; vehicles that could link up to become trains when advantageous.
No thank you.
To me, an “autonomous” vehicle is one I can have sole control of, not a computer.
And Germany was one of the countries that had the state take over the railroads very early on. They have no concept of having railroads in the private sector, something that was very successful in the USA until the left’s grip on power after WWII became stronger (the left being represented not only by the Democrats but also the “New Republicans” who later were colloquially known as RINOs).
If only there was a single number that told us honestly how much total energy something uses, and indirectly how much it pollutes. Oh, wait, there is. The price!
Price is proportional to total energy consumption and pollution production. Government transportation is so horrendously expensive it must be heavily subsidized, which means it uses vastly more energy and pollutes more. To find out where, just follow the money. Money is really just data about energy consumption.
It's all over but the leftist crying. The CCP virus killed government transportation.