Comments by "starventure" (@starventure) on "What I learned from taking a train across the US" video.

@jambott5520 It takes 20-30 minutes to get through TSA at the airport, and another 30 minutes on average to get to the airport depending on your origin point. Under the most optimum scenario in NYC, to get to Penn Station takes about 45 minutes from any of the outer boroughs, and longer if from the suburbs. The train has a defined number of destinations based on the track layout and availability, so new routes do not just pop into existence based on demand because they cannot. Airline routes are constantly opening and closing based on demand, so there is no real comparison there. BTW, good luck getting intercity train service that goes through a rural area with no stops. I will root for you on that, but the chances of you explaining to some hick congressman why his constituents are not important enough to get a stop while needing to put the trackage through his district is absolutely zero.
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It is great around cities like Chicago or the BOSWAS corridor, but anywhere else it is really just land cruise service, for the tourists not the commuters.
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@matthewwelsh294 The American worker cannot be trusted to handle gear like the Japanese do. To put high speed trains in the hands of drugged up Americans is a death wish.
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The trains only serve cities and a few rural communities, which cannot compare to the access that roads provide. TrainBrain is a serious disease.
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