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Transit Tribulations

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The story of one Detroit resident walking 21 miles to work everyday serves as a reminder of just how lacking our transit system is. Of course, it wasn't always this way. Detroit once had the country's largest mass transit network, with streetcars crisscrossing the city and rumbling off to far-flung suburbs nonstop. Here is Dan Austin to explain what went wrong. [Freep]