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tptacek

The top 10 cities in the US by GDP:

* NYC

* LA

* Chicago

* DC

* Houston

* Dallas

* Philly

* SF

* Boston

* Atlanta

Most of these cities have effective public transit. LA is the notable exception (and the one the "auto lobby" narrative seems to pick out).

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LA has more public transit than most people think; 1.4 million boardings per day ain't nothing to sneeze at.

http://www.metro.net/news/pages/ridership-statistics/

And notably, in the last 15 years, they got a fairly effective rail back up up and running (the MTA rails) as well as Metrolink.

I am surprised that Atlanta is on the list. In terms of public transit, it is not only abysmal, it seems that the current GA legislature is going out of their way to kill it.

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