Cars are freedom, and even very poor people in the US can avail themselves of the highway. and they can take their kids and their gear.
I love train rides, but I never want the roads, and cheap used cars, to go away. They are a leg up in the world, not just a means to a destination.
The interstate highway system was used as a means to grow government. Not what I’d call freedom.
it shouldn’t be an “or” situation, but an “and” situation — people’s right to choose. Right now cars make the best option, but that’s because, as olog points out, govt has regulated out the train services effectiveness