Rails give me the willies.
If it wasn't for all of us non-users paying for the passenger train system thru our federal taxes, it would never run at all.
We must end the noise and danger of trains going thru our towns and cities. No more dangerous crossings and no more uneven pavement there.
The most important and number one choice people want will always be the choice to have a safe and secure ride to the exact location they desire at the exact time they desire. No mass transit will ever offer that at all.
IMHO, it is time we move into the real twenty-first century with twenty-first century thinking.