[dzhiurgis]

Muse this - train is a tool, just like a car, bus, bike, plane, drone or rollerblades.

Repeating "trains" in every transport context is unproductive. Each mode of transport requires certain density. Most US cities just don't have it. It's that simple.

[Schiendelman]

It's not at all that simple. One of the neat things about trains is their permanence - once you've built one, you can fight for allowing increased density repeatedly until you win. That's what we've been doing in Seattle!

[dzhiurgis]

Horses before train carriages then? How is that working out tho?

[soiltype]

No