so you have high speed long distance and commuter rail, and then local transit options. and you can stop at places other than coty centres. my route from berlin to hamburg has a bunch of smaller stops.

asia and europe get by fine with rail. if china can build 20 subway systems and 50 HSR routes in 10 years so can america

Rail doesn’t need to be a 90% solution, even 10% makes a major difference on the margins.

Infrastructure like subway stations drive up local prices which means people who don’t use them tend to migrate somewhere else.

> It isn't 1950; people are mostly going places other than city centres.

We suburbanites avoid doing city stuff because the 11th-14th commutes (that week) would suck.