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Posted on 2/6/24 at 11:42 am to
Posted by Ingeniero
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Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 2/6/24 at 11:42 am to
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Population of European nations in 2023: 742 Million
Population of United States in 2023: 336 million.

Additionally, our population centers are not nearly as dense as those of Europe.


This is a much more fair critique. A public transit option for the US has to account for these and plan accordingly if it's going to be useful. It's also why I'm not sold on a nationwide high speed rail network but would opt for local and regional legs. No one's taking a train from San Diego to Jacksonville over a flight, but Houston to New Orleans? Count me in.

It's also why local transit is so important. There's no use in getting somewhere if you have to rent a car once you get off at your stop.
Posted by jclem11
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 2/6/24 at 11:47 am to
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This is a much more fair critique. A public transit option for the US has to account for these and plan accordingly if it's going to be useful. It's also why I'm not sold on a nationwide high speed rail network but would opt for local and regional legs. No one's taking a train from San Diego to Jacksonville over a flight, but Houston to New Orleans? Count me in.


Agreed. Regional railway systems make much more sense than an LA to Jacksonville line.

I was just illustrating that it can be done in the US but likely would not have enough ridership on the longer legs to make it make sense over air travel.
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