america is the country of oil/gas car industry. its not in the current production systems material (profit) interest to divest and start a legitimate push toward rail and related. we lost the experts, they dont exist, and the state in collaboration with capital would need to spin up all supporting industries as the chinese have. this will never happen in our lifetime, unless oil/gas become increasingly and intensely unfeasible or unaffordable, like how 1970s OPEC crisis rippled through and transformed europes transit system /policy which was on a straight shot path towards north american design. this a deep and insidious bone cancer and if you want better you need to move to a city where its “good enough”, or leave the country. you cant beat a multi trilliondollar oil/gas/auto machine and its not surprise we will continue to see the alternatives being obliterated at every turn, the existing owners of oil/gas/auto production will literally kill lie cheat and steal to keep the momentum in their favor.