Why won't more Americans ride trains?

    
        Why won't more Americans ride trains?
    
The Economist

        August 30, 2013
    
AMERICA has by far the largest rail network in the world, with more than twice as much track as China. But it lags far behind other first-world countries in ridership. Instead of passengers, most of America's massive rail network is used to carry freight…

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