I used to travel by bus instead of train all the time when I was in Thailand because the bus was always faster and cheaper than the trains. The only way trains are better is if they are much faster than buses.

Which is what we're talking about here. High speed trains. It's like half the people commenting here haven't read the article or something.

Did you read the part of the article where it mentioned the groups that want us to spend money on barely-faster-than-driving trains?

In places like the SF Bay Area, that's kind of a moot point.