Americans may love trains, but save for those living in the New York metropolitan area, we don't ride them nearly as much as Europeans.

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We want them to be taking us along for the ride globally.

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If they need help, we will be there to help them, but no more free ride.

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"People get up every day and use a lot of different forms of transportation without thinking about the safety factor, and we don't want them to worry about the safety of the bus they ride on or the highway they drive on, " LaHood said.

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