Putting Rail Lines in Highway Medians

[Hatman]

Looking cool in the pictures is one thing, looking cool in practice is the other. If the train can pace or pass the cars on the highway, I'm all in favor of it. However, there's hardly a more hopeless feeling than sitting in a train going at its top speed while a whole freeway full of cars passes you by. It's just bad advertising to compare the cars at their fastest with trains that, well, aren't as fast in some cases. If there is one single reason why ridership on median-using lines is lower, I would guess it is because watching all the automobiles going past is bound to make riders think 'huh! I could be home by now if only I drove!'
Whereas on the other hand, if the train is faster, or if there is a bad traffic jam, or weather-delays on the highway or what have you, and the train goes faster - the advertising isn't exactly as strong in the trains favor, but it is at least pointed that way.