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About Public transportation
—Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor ofBogotá Most urban rail systems are part of a government-subsidized public transport network and many carry large numbers of passengers, especially in larger cities; theTokyosystem averages over 8 million a day andShanghaialmost 7 million. These systems therefore almost always cost less thantaxicabsand are often both faster than driving and cheaper than paying for parking. However, there are fairly often problems with overcrowding, especially at rush hours. So as the quotable late New York Yankees baseball player Yogi Berra used to say: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." With oil prices generally on the rise, and political concern forenvironmental protectionand CO2emissions becoming more and more important, almost all countries and cities that have rap
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