[mvpel]

"With today's gas prices, a trip from Orlando to Tampa and back would use about 12 gallons of gas – and cost $47.88," he said. "A roundtrip train ticket would cost as low as $30."

"As low as," in other words, "at a minumum."

And you need one roundtrip ticket per person. How many people are driving from Tampa to Orlando and back with only one person in the car? How much are train tickets for your wife and three kids on your way to the Magic Kingdom? How does that compare to the price of gas even at $5 per gallon?

[Calvin Locke]

And, without the HSR, if they decide not to go, they are the ones that
will have to pay for the unused "seats" in the drive way, not their
neighbors.

With the HSR, everybody has to continue to "pay" for the unused seats...