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[quote user="John WR"] The reason that we will never be like Vienna or Jerusalem in that in the US the suburbs are towns unto themselves and cannot be taxed to provide services for the inner cities where many people still work and have to get to work.  A big reason people move out the the city is to avoid paying taxes; suburban tax rates are usually lower.  That is why we have so few places with decent public transportation.   [/quote] That situation was quite common in major German cities as well. Public Transport came to an abrupt halt at the city limits. Beginning in the late 1970´s, this saw a dramatic change by forming tariff and financing associations, the largest one covering the Rhein-Ruhr area with over 11 million inhabitants. Just take a look at their map: <a href="http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/86/VRR-Netz.gif"><img src="http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/86/VRR-Netz.gif" alt=" " border="0" /></a> The map does not even show all of the streetcar and bus lines.
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