[nyg4168]

...largely bypassing major urban areas...Each corridor will carry up to six passenger vehicle lanes, four truck lanes, commuter rail, freight rail, high-speed rail,...

What am I missing here? If this will bypass major urban areas, why does it include commuter rail? Who's doing the commuting from one rural place to another? Cattle?

[GOPcapitalist]

What am I missing here? If this will bypass major urban areas, why does it include commuter rail?

...hence the fallacy of commuter rail. Simple logistical technicalities never matter to the rail transit crowd. It's like Sim City to them - they build rail for the sake of building rail since they think it looks cool even if it loses money and doesn't do anything.