At issue is this nagging little thing liberals hate. It’s called “freedom”. In a car, you can drive practically anywhere there is a public road and you can stop whenever you wish for side trips, rest stops and meals.
With a train, even if it runs smoothly and on time, leaves you with a headache once you arrive. If your destination is not close enough to walk to, you must pay for a taxi or a subway or hope someone is meeting you with an automobile to take you the rest of the way.
But if you drive to your destination, you are the master of your own travel plans and pace. And if you need to run an errand or attend some local attraction, your chariot is right there with you, often parked at no additional charge to take you directly where you want to go when you want to go leave.
Unless you rent a car or borrow the car of your host, you have no such luxury when you take a train or fly.
Freedom. It’s a wonderful thing. That’s why liberals want to force you into having less of it.
I agree.