The chart above shows the miles of rail per square mile of land in EU and US regions.  The Europeans have more rail per unit of land than we Americans do which is not surprising at all.  What is surprising is that the EU's region with the least rail coverage rivals the US's region with the most rail coverage.

The chart above shows the miles of rail per square mile of land in US regions.  Three regions are all within a tenth of a mile of each other while the West only has a tenth of a mile of rail for every square mile of territory.

The chart above shows the kilometers of rail per square kilometer of land in EU regions.  Clearly there is a sharp divide between the Western and Eastern EU and the Northern and Southern EU, with the former having around a-tenth of a kilometer of rail per square kilometer of territory and the latter having less than half that.

The chart above shows the miles of rail per square mile of land in EU and US states.  The ten states with the greatest railway coverage are all in the EU.  Illinois, which is the US state with the greatest railway coverage ranks 11th.  On the flip side, the 14 states with the least railway coverage are all in the US with Greece, the EU state with the least rail per unit of land coming in at 15th lowest (excluding Hawaii, Malta, and Cyprus which have no rail networks).

The chart above shows the kilometers of rail per square kilometer of land in EU states.  Four states (Luxembourg, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Germany) are far above their peers in railway coverage.  Germany is especially impressive considering the large size of the state.

The chart above shows the miles of rail per square mile of land in US states.  It's surprising to see that Western states have so little rail compared to the size of their area as rail has been romantically associated with the frontier lands.

The chart above shows the miles of roads per square mile of land in EU and US regions.  Only the Western EU has more than three miles of road for every square mile of territory.

The chart above shows the miles of roads per square mile of land in US regions.  Only the Northeast has more than two miles of road for every square mile of territory.  For comparison, a typical Manhattan square mile has approximately 25 miles of roadways.

The chart above shows the kilometers of roads per square kilometer of land in EU regions.  The Northern EU, with its vast expanses of land, is the least paved region per square kilometer.  It is also the only region that has less than half of a kilometer of road per every square kilometer of territory.

The chart above shows the miles of roads per square mile of land in EU and US states.  New Jersey, which has the dubious distinction of being a series of roads connecting New York to Pennsylvania, is the most paved state in the US but even it is no match for the Netherlands, Belgium, and Malta which are the most paved states in both the EU and the US.  Malta, which is essentially a city-state is the most paved having nearly three times as many roads relative to its territory as New Jersey has.