In the US trains have 17 times fewer deaths per passenger-mile than cars, and even then less than 1% of deaths from trains are passengers (the overwhelming majority are trespassers).

That it could be even better does not mean it is not a substantial improvement.

>US passenger rail is unsafe.

US passenger automobiles are more unsafe.

Just let Japan build US rail, and copy paste Dutch city planning, guarantee it’ll be much better and cheaper than anything anyone in US government would come up with and requires 0 brain power.

Europe has more railroad deaths than the US. Try again.