Regarding catching up to Europe's mass transit. I've admired and been envious of Europe's (well, northern Europe's) intercity mass transit since I traveled on a Eurail pass in the 70's. I thought, maybe the U.S. will catch up some day.
It's been almost 50 years and one could argue U.S. intercity mass transit is worse than it was then. Amtrak's Acela doesn't go particularly fast along most of its route; California's high speed rail project is going nowhere slowly <https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-11/new-cost-estimate-for-high-speed-rail-puts-california-bullet-train-100-billion-in-the-red> . Perhaps it is better to plan based on today's reality than on a wished for future (self-driving cars, electrified train service to Boston, etc.).
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