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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill
How on earth does a "city" of 430,000+ people (and metro area of 2+ mil) have no mass transit? What a joke. A shame on these "cities" and really, America in general.
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This statement is generally right on. Raleigh-Durham are to be commended for planning for their local light rail network but currently, what does the region have: bus service and perhaps a half dozen daily Amtrak arrivals? Many European and Asian cities of similar size have fairly extensive local rail transit networks and commuter rail. How many miles of local rail do Indianapolis, San Antonio, Tampa, Richmond, etc... have? These are cities roughly the equivalent size of the Raleigh metro area. Salt Lake seems to be the exception with small/mid-size cities lacking decent rail transit in the United States.