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So the tracks are already there they just don't run passenger trains on it?..
worse, a lot of places have "rails2trails" programs where they rip out old train tracks and put in bicycle paths instead.
It makes more sense to put trains there and convert old car roads to bike paths
I like "rails2trails" bike paths because they tend to be flat (since trains can't handle steep grades unless they're a funicular or cog railroad), but I agree that running passenger trains again would be even better.
There's no reason we can't have more strict requirements of grade for bike roads.
I've been in bike roads that ran parallel to car roads. The bike road went up and down while the car road was at a better grade. So I got off the bike road and went on the car road. Its like these idiots think were out riding for fun on weekends or something.
The solution is regulations.
Yep. Passenger service stopped in my area before I was born, but my father remembers being able to use them that way.
Freight trains run through multiple times a day, still.
The "old train depot" meuseam / visitor's center is literally across the street from the grocery store w/ produce section.