I believe so, because you can repeat studies, as has been done in Canada for high-speed passenger travel, and depending on who the consultants are or the mix of people doing the studies, you will find different results every time. At the end of the day, we know that people want efficient rail travel, and they will take the train if it's comfortable, accessible, and convenient. So if they can travel between major centres faster than they do today and the reliability is also increased—if we can bring the on-time performance from some 50% to 60% up to 95% to 98%—you'll find very much that new systems are being built all over the world every day, and these trains are full all the time. If you don't reserve a few weeks to a few months ahead of time, you just can't get on the train.
On May 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.