LibertyLover says:

#39, That’s why the US needs to break its addiction to the AUTOMOBILE. Too much time lost in commuting no matter what the energy source.

It’s a thought but the towns aren’t as compressed as they are in Europe.

The average commute is 26 minutes over 16 miles.

By comparison, in Europe it is half that.

Our towns are more spread out, probably because we need the roads for all the cars. Catch-22?

Plus, the culture is way different. When you get off a train over there, you expect what you are looking for to be close by. Here, our trains mostly just get you to town. After that, you are on your own — mainly because the towns are, again, so spread out.

YMMV on my opinion here. I’ve no proof to back it up. Just experience from traveling over there and over here.