It'd be interesting to know if fuel prices are a factor.
I could be way off. Consumer sentiment maybe?

Interesting data. I wasn't aware of this.

Wow interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing 

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In PR.China, public transport is highly competitive relative to other countries I've been to, and pretty efficient to boot.  Sometimes feel that it's not a matter of PR.China's infrastructure and public transportation services being awesome,  more that the mismanagement and price-gouging in other countries is so prevalent.

Net - net, it's cheaper to drive in most of Europe than to catch a train, and the opposite is true in China, as far as I'm aware. I guess there may be other factors, but mostly I think it's this.

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China car prices are plummeting to levels below 2002. TSLA feeling the crash!

In PR.China, public transport is highly competitive relative to other countries I've been to, and pretty efficient to boot.  Sometimes feel that it's not a matter of PR.China's infrastructure and public transportation services being awesome,  more that the mismanagement and price-gouging in other countries is so prevalent.

Net - net, it's cheaper to drive in most of Europe than to catch a train, and the opposite is true in China, as far as I'm aware. I guess there may be other factors, but mostly I think it's this.