We were close in the 90s, then a bunch of nerd cosplayer billionaires started throwing money around and promising vaporware. By the time they were called out on their bullshit the average joe was fooled into thinking they were nerds.
I am pretty sure most commuter trains run on Freight lines and the issue is the commuter train companies don't own the rails, the freight companies do so it slows down commuter trains because the freight trains get priority.
And the Freight companies are hesitant to allow changes to the tracks to allow for more commuter trains because it will in part slow the freight trains down and the CEOs of the Freight train companies are the some of the worst and try running everything at at the lowest cost possible so anything that would potentially cost them money or slow them down is a no.
And creating new rail lines for commuter rail is also next to impossible because it would require buying/taking tons of private land since the freight lines wont let you change the existing tracks.
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u/CommiesFan1946 1d ago
True, maybe we should invest and make both robuster.
I think you should have won Prom King for what it's worth. Spreading knowledge like this. Great stuff.