Key points

Dependence on cars can lead to increased personal and societal stress.

European mass transit systems demonstrate a different approach to transportation.

Travel by train or bus removes a host of daily stressors and encourages healthier habits.

Every year, I spend several weeks in Switzerland with a bunch of undergraduate students. Besides the stunning beauty of the region, what often deeply impresses them is the country’s train system. It is clean, fast, precise, and extensive. It can get you to almost everywhere in the country within a few hours. It links seamlessly in-country with other modes of transportation and with the train systems of several surrounding countries. It is so pleasant and so convenient that none of the students mind the three-quarter-mile walk from our f

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