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Scott M. Kozel wrote:
> According to that logic, we can say that the metro areas with extensive
> rail transit systems prove that rail transit isn't the answer, either.
> Based on the heavy amount of congestion in those metro areas, "Obviously
> mass transit hasn't proven a solution either."

Most of the cities with extensive rail systems are huge metros far out of
proportion to the highway dominated metros.  Of course Chicago has terrible
traffic.  It has over 8 million people in the metro area.  I for one shudder
to think how bad the road would be if the CTA, Metra, and PACE didn't carry
hundreds of thousands of passengers every day.  To compare New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia, and others to much smaller cities is not a fair
comparison.

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