They sure have us beat in passenger rail service though. I just spent the past week in Europe traveling extensively via railroads. It’s fantastic. Wish we had it here
- -
In a country 3,000 miles wide, rail is the economically cheapest way to move a pound of freight. Air travel is the cheapest way, and the fastest, to move a pound of people.
I think that sums it up pretty well. And the beauty of free-market economics - the market will find the best solution.