That's a very good idea. I think that rail is definitely a strategic mode of transportation and very much deserving of additional attention.
However, I also think that rail suffers from a few disadvantages. First and foremost, cities are pretty big and spread-out. Second, it's pretty slow, often not much faster than road, and limited to established lines and schedules.
> producers more viable. But I think Branson is on to something (as is
> Lufthansa, in Germany) by combining the rail and air networks. If your
> business plan is "get people from A to B" it would be great to see more
> effort on the rail side where appropriate.
It certainly would. Flights of less than an hour are probably good candidates for moving onto the rail network. Cross-country rail (or even cross-regional rail) might not compete nearly so well, although they'd probably survive as a low-cost alternative to air, especially if rail received a similar level of subsidy.
Marco
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