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Over longer distances, railways sometimes operate at speeds higher than any other land-based transport, with high-speed trains in various countries regularly operating at speeds over 300 kph (180 mph).
Over longer distances, railways sometimes operate at speeds higher than any other land-based transport, with high-speed trains in various countries regularly operating at speeds over 300 kph (180 mph).
=== Travel environment ===
Travel by car allows one some freedom and benefits not available with public transport, such as not having to mix with, or crowd in with, many other people, to listen to music or audio without disturbing others, and so on.
Travel by public transport imposes some social restrictions on people to be courteous and not disturb others who may not wish to be disturbed.
Travel by car allows one to travel in relative comfort, whereas seating in public transport may be uncomfortable or unavailable due to the number of seats provided compared with the number of people travelling.
On the other hand, private transport tends to encourage or at least facilitate people isolating themselves from society, whereas public transport encourages people to be part of society.
And public transport often allows one some freedom to stretch and move around, usually not possible with car travel except by stopping for this purpose and therefore prolonging the journey.
Travel on public transport allows one to watch videos, operate a computer, read a newspaper, sleep, or other activities not possible whilst driving a vehicle.
=== Use of resources ===
Assuming that public transport is sufficiently-well used, public transport uses far fewer resources than car transport.
This includes energy use (whether petroleum-based or electricity), land use for transport corridors, and land use for parking of vehicles.
To provide for people driving cars to work, sporting venues, etc., significant tracts of land have to be set aside for parking adjacent to the travel destination, whereas much less land or even no land needs to be set aside for public transport (which requires much less space per person carried, or can be run to a parking area remote from the travel destination).
Because public transport uses less fuel than cars, pollution is reduced, or even (potentially) eliminated if the public transport is run on electricity generated remote from the traffic or from environmentally-friendly sources, such as wind, hydro, and solar power.
[[Environmentalist]]s promote public transport on the grounds that it is better for the environment, but it is also good stewardship of [[God]]'s creation.