> (Maybe because it has such bad reputation in the US etc.?) Author is Berlin-based, according to his bio. But for Americans, there is so little public trans

> (Maybe because it has such bad reputation in the US etc.?) Author is Berlin-based, according to his bio. But for Americans, there is so little public transit in the US, and what little that does exist is so rarely useful, that a large majority of Americans don't even remember to think of it at all -- particularly if your not in a top-20 US city.