> Obsessed with trains. They are unreliable and expensive.
As a visitor, I've always experienced them as very reliable, extremely frequent, and very affordable compared to all alternatives.
> Even the London Underground doesn’t pay for itself with tickets, needing subsidies from tax payers.
Compared to roads, which are somehow self-funding? And that's not even considering all the other negative externalities of dense but car-centric cities.
As a visitor, I've always experienced them as very reliable, extremely frequent, and very affordable compared to all alternatives.
> Even the London Underground doesn’t pay for itself with tickets, needing subsidies from tax payers.
Compared to roads, which are somehow self-funding? And that's not even considering all the other negative externalities of dense but car-centric cities.