[matthewdgreen]

A lot of executives and politicians take the train between DC and NYC/Boston. The reason they do it is because the trains in the NE Corridor don't suck. This whole thing is kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy: build crappy trains, people hate them. Build nice ones, people like them.

[ng12]

The NE corridor doesn't suck compared to the rest of the US but it's pretty dismal compared to the EU and EA.

A favorite experience of mine was waiting at South Station and watching the train get delayed 5 minutes at a time for two and a half hours.