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>>amathe+(OP)
> The fact that it takes six hours to get from Baltimore to Boston, when a faster train can cover the longer distance between Paris and Marseille in four, does not move us to protest the obvious failure of ambition.

Paris > Marseille by train is 3:08, not 4:00.

Nice writup, thanks for sharing.

>>aziazi+K2
> does not move us to protest the obvious failure of ambition.

Speaking of protest...

After the events of the past few years, I think about protest when I think about public transportation infrastructure.

Seeing people chain themselves together across roadways, railways, and entrances to other infrastructure - it honestly made me more supportive of automobiles.

Less susceptible to be corralled by government or interest groups if we all have personal transportation.