I thought this was well done. In my case, living in the NE Corridor, I'm happy enough with things as they are. Although we fly a lot, we take the train between Philadelphia and Boston (Rt.128 station) 4 times a year. The trip takes 5 1/2 hours and costs less than $150. per person, round trip. We never take the Acela since the tickets are more than double, and you only save a half hour. The scenery on this trip is great from NYC to Providence, RI (the NYC skyline, HellGate Bridge, boats and beaches on Long Island Sound), but my favorite view is the heavy traffic on the highways that I'm avoiding.
I'm also lucky in that the local train from my house to Philadelphia is only a 7 minute walk to our station. Then it's a 5 minute walk from the local to the Boston train.
BTW, the NE Corridor is the only route making money.
