Re:What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hop...
by toast0 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:24AM
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The US has a great rail system if you're a container or other freight that is easily put in a rail car, and you don't mind travelling at low speed and making a fair number of stops and not having any specific date and time of arrival.
It has a terrible rail system if you're a passenger. Connectivity is weak, and even if you have a direct route, almost all the rails are owned by freight lines, so freight traffic gets priority and schedules are rarely met. If you have to make a connection, good luck. There's some exceptional routes in the north eastern US, where there's a lot of rail and some of it is passenger exclusive.
The question is more likely to be flying vs driving than take a train vs driving, because a train will nearly always take longer and be less convenient.
It has a terrible rail system if you're a passenger. Connectivity is weak, and even if you have a direct route, almost all the rails are owned by freight lines, so freight traffic gets priority and schedules are rarely met. If you have to make a connection, good luck. There's some exceptional routes in the north eastern US, where there's a lot of rail and some of it is passenger exclusive.
The question is more likely to be flying vs driving than take a train vs driving, because a train will nearly always take longer and be less convenient.