Originally Posted by
bautieri
If the trains went anywhere useful, I would ride them more often.
I have traveled by rail once (Amtrak) and it was by all means, quite enjoyable. You practically sat in a lazy boy and had all the elbow room you needed! Really makes me wish the passenger rail network in the US was better.
That is something to discuss with your federal representative, it's also something that is going to become more and more of an issue.... Think about it this way, oil is now over $100/barrel, jet aircraft get horrible fuel efficiency, on the order of 5 gallons per mile. How much flying do you think you could do with $200/barrel oil?