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decades of under-investment in rail (and I'm not talking about long-distance fast rail), and too few restrictions on air travel. Political choices.
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Another problem we face is smoothing the spikes in daily demand, many trains/ busses / trams / roads are chocka for appx 4-6hrs per day then much quieter outside of this.
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Also, in Europe it's simply civilised behaviour to take the train.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/26/greta-thunberg-train-journey-through-europe-flygskam-no-fly
And before someone says that flying is more convenient, well, obviously, but that's because of decades of under-investment in rail (and I'm not talking about long-distance fast rail), and too few restrictions on air travel. Political choices.