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Because cars aren't stuck to tracks.
And trains aren't stuck to roads. And planes aren't stuck to roads. And ships aren't stuck to roads.
cars are stuck to roads and much less efficient everywhere many people need to go. cars are basically useful where only few people live or work.
I mean technically cars are only stuck to roads if you're a law abiding citizen.
Roads allow for significantly more freedom of travel than trains because it would be cost prohibitive to build rail networks everywhere a car can reach.
Each mode of transport has its niche and one cannot replace the other.
If you can't conveniently travel by train, that is a failure of the design of your city, not trains. If the destination a train took you to was walkable you wouldn't need a car, because the train could cover the large distances, and you could simply walk from the train to your necessary locations.
"City"
This guy thinking everyone lives in urban centers.
Are they going to run a train to every remote village in Italy? Will everyone in Iceland travel to Reykjavik from their farms around the country by rail? Are we going to install rail on every island of Greece just so people don't have to drive?
Sure, if we can build the infrastructure for cars there, why not trains too. You're quite closed minded. But also, why can't you just bike in a village? I mentioned cities because that's where trains tend to be, genius.
There's trams, there's bikes, there's buses, etc. etc. etc.
I agree yet most countries are determined to use cars, where public transport needs to be.