Reply #51: All fine but [View All]

[Francesca9]

Americans don't know how to use a manual transmission

Diesel is not that easy to find.

We have electric light rail in cities but it doesn't make sense elsewhere. We had more electric light rail in 1910 than we now do, the old track got pulled and the track was built over. Now we would have to tear out buildings to build rail in the cities and outside of cities the environmental damage to wildlife habitat might be a major issue.

We can build a few main high volume lines but the lower volume lines necessary for a system are impractical. Often the bus system is so infrequent (twice or even once hourly) that light rail is too slow if a connection is needed. The US won't be building much more light rail.