I have to say that this is an excellent match! I am a huge 'train person', and having travelled around Europe twice with the Interrail ticket, have quite a bit of experience with them. The Interrail concept and the facilitator role it plays towards multicultural and international mingling will for sure be at the top of my list while researching for this project.
Another current affair about trains that has been tackling my mind is not as pleasant as the latter. In my native Istanbul, the municipality has installed a system known by the name Metrobus, which is exactly the same thing with a tram—or an above-ground metro—system but the means of transportation is the conventional bus. Now what does that mean if not the consumption of more oil? A quick research I've done on the internet shows that this system is used as a mainstream means of transportation only in the 2nd world—developing—countries. (Brazil, Turkey, Colombia)
I personally have a very big issue over this Metrobus business. It is a wasteful approach that solely aims for the very short-term. You designate the lanes, build the stops and stations, why don't you just put a pair of rails too so that you have a long lasting concrete solution to the problem of urban transportation. I'm hoping to look into this much more thoroughly throughout our research.
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