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Despite news of recent derailments, rail is safer than cars, per passenger mile traveled.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

If they ran full, buses would emit 0.18 pound of CO2 per passenger mile, making them comparable to rail but at a much lower cost.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

But it doesn’t mention one seemingly intuitive option: Convince people currently driving to instead take transit, which is much safer per passenger mile.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2022

In 2019, Amtrak subsidies per passenger mile were 34 times larger.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

In seven days, in all kinds of weather and over city and country roads, the horse and buggy traveled 197 miles at a cost per passenger mile of 2-1/2 cents.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)