One-track mind.

RAILROAD travel; AIR travel

I had always enjoyed rail travel and taken trains where they were convenient. Train travel in Europe is a wonderful thing. Compared with flying, train journeys are a more efficient, healthy, low-stress and green way to travel, all of which enlightened bosses should welcome. But most of all, governments can use tax incentives to make rail clearly the more affordable option, for example by increasing aviation taxes on flights (ideally targeting those who fly many times a year) and (where judicious and progressive) subsidising train travel. [Extracted from the article]

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