I agree with Olivia!! The train ride was spectacular! I think a lot of Germans use the trains because it is overall just a better way to travel. By taking the train you don’t have to have the responsibility of owning a car; maintenance, insurance, gas and everything else that’s comes along with owning a car can get expensive. Not to mention driving in a big city can be really tough. It seems a lot simpler to get on the U-Bahn or S-Bahn that will take you directly to the train. Walking places and taking the train would also be better not only on a person’s health, with all the walking, but also the impact on the environment would be much less. Trains also get you places much faster than a car!! The only disadvantage I can see is either having to carry a lot of things with you that you would normally take in a car or needing transportation when you got to the destination, but that's what buses are for.
Many Americans do not use trains
because there are very few of them.
Trains in the states
are usually only found in the bigger cities and I think the people there do
make really good use
of them. Cities such as Cookeville have
so few places to go it might not be worth a train system. Where would we put the stops? Wal-Mart, TTU,
the little shopping center etc. In the states
we don’t even have trains that run across country which I think would be a
great thing! People
would be able to travel further for less and, like the German population, help
the environment.
Trains really are a great option to
have and I think the states really need to consider building
more and educating people on the benefits; maybe then more people would be
inclined to
want and use a train system.
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