Personally I'm more interested in having better county-wide rail access. Stuff around town, being able to go downtown without having to worry about my car after a couple drinks. I don't know the details of Obama's plan regarding this. When I think about it most of the vehicular traffic is probably restricted to 20-30 miles outside the city, seems to me that having better integration of rail on that scale would reduce greenhouse gas emissions more significantly than the longer distances.
On long distance trips I think I'm still more comfortable in my own car. Both in regards to costs and tourism (not really knowing each city's public transportation).
Just my $0.02.
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