Comments by "HomerOJSimpson" (@Homer-OJ-Simpson) on "The One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible" video.

@unatrek2821 Americans have 50% higher cars (vehicles) per capita than the EU. Americans also drive more than twice as much as the EU per capita. So Americans have more cars and drive those cars far more than Europeans. Most Europeans do have access to a car (their own or a family shared vehicle) because they do need it on occasion but for most it’s not an an everyday need, unlike Americans.
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@unatrek2821 “Americans like cars for many reasons” because Americas decided to stop building public transit (and removed many others like trams and street cars) for a while and built up roads like crazy! So of course Americans like cars when policies built up roads and neglected or removed public transit options.
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@unatrek2821 "Europe has 700 cars per 1000." Actually, EU has 560 cars per 1000 and US has 890 cars per 1000. In addition, US travels more than twice as far per year by car than Europe. And Europe was falling in love with cars as well post WW2 but since the 70's, they have worked backwards to remove cars and spend more on public transit. US continued to tear down train lines or stopped spending on new public transit while they increased spending for cars.
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