Day trips are better by train

I just had my biggest culture shock since moving to New York, and it has inspired me to write about something I think is an underrated benefit of high speed rail and frequent intercity rail service.

I recently booked a day trip between New York and Philadelphia on Amtrak’s Northeast Regional. While it’s not a high speed train, having this kind of convenient travel mode, which was also quite inexpensive, is enough for this guy from the Midwest to appreciate.

It made me think that if other major cities were connected by actual high speed trains (and/or frequent departures between cities really close to each other), this kind of travel would be possible all over the U.S.

Many Americans can’t even begin to comprehend this kind of travel. So, I was inspired to write an article that could maybe stimulate the imagination of the car-conditioned American, or how the one crazy transit-obsessed family member (me) can back to their home suburb for the holidays and pitch high speed rail to their family.