According to the chart at the link you posted, AMTRAK is roughly 1 Mega-Joule (MJ) per passenger-mile more efficient than personal autos.
Gasoline has an energy content of roughly 132 MJs per gallon, meaning travel by private auto consumes the energy equivalent of one more gallon of gasoline for every 132 passenger-miles.
I’d call that a darned cheap price to pay for the freedom to go anywhere I want, from wherever I want, whenever I want.
If you want to go where the bureaucrats tell you to go, when they tell you to go there, you’re welcome to it.
Especially if the government quits taking money, ultimately at gunpoint, from taxpayers to subsidize rail passengers.
Gasoline has an energy content of roughly 132 MJs per gallon, meaning travel by private auto consumes the energy equivalent of one more gallon of gasoline for every 132 passenger-miles.
I’d call that a darned cheap price to pay for the freedom to go anywhere I want, from wherever I want, whenever I want.
For the 1500 daily passengers riding the 90 miles between Madison and Milwaukee, that's a fuel savings of 1023 gallons per DAY!!!.
(which would be WELL over ¼ MILLION gallons per year!!!)
I'd call that a pretty nice savings, not to mention the fact that Amtrak passengers have the FREEDOM to be more productive during their trip. They can relax or get some work done on their laptops, use their cellphones... all sorts of things that are better than being forced to pay attention to congested traffic while driving!!!