Comparing America’s passenger train system to that of Europe is difficult. One has efficient, popular high-speed trains running on tracks criss-crossing the continent. The other doesn’t.
In fiscal year 2022, Amtrak served 22.9 million passengers. That figure was down ten million from 2019 when 33 million people rode Amtrak, a 30% decline. By contrast, in 2022, some 736 million U.S. air passengers were screened by the TSA, as airline travel returned to near pre-pandemic levels.
Green advocates want to replace airliners with trains. But according to the data, it could be argued that the opposite is actually happening.
There are many reasons for this. There
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