I have come to find that over time, the opposition to the rail system (sans the budgetary issues, which seem to be the most relevant on this program) typically come out with messages like this that are increasingly tone deaf to the reality of what we are facing in front of us. 

This is not a helpful article in bringing to light anything new. But then again, i should not be surprised. Every single argument against rail has come out and been repeated now three times in elections, never mind the 2 decades before the current system build out in the opposition to the 1992 program.