CNN: World warming to greener train travel

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/10/green.trains/

World warming to greener train travel

By Steve Mollman, for CNN

(CNN) -- Take more trains and fewer planes. That's what Sarah Kendrew pledged to herself a few years ago. An astronomer at the Netherlands' Leiden Observatory, she travels frequently to nearby countries on business -- and prefers to not leave vapor trails in the sky when doing so.

"I've been making a conscious effort to take trains rather than fly," she told CNN, "for environmental reasons initially, but I've also found them to be much more comfortable and convenient -- so it's not really an effort anymore."

Faced with global climate change, many around the globe -- from governments to companies to individuals -- have also warmed to train travel.

Traveling by rail is on average three to 10 times less CO2-intensive compared to road or air transport, according to the UIC, a Paris-based international organization of the railway sector.

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[marmar]

1. Awesome.....Could you also post this in the public transportation/smart growth forum?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=398

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Done. (no text)

[Captain Hilts]

3. It's the most efficient mass transit. NO REASON to fly between DC and NYC. nt

[YOY]

4. Thank you (as always Cap'n)

Sorry we couldn't find Lars again...

[Captain Hilts]

5. Thanks for remembering. nt