I default to America as that's where I live. I don't think much of our public transport. Sure where I live they probably don't need more than just the buses we have but I had never seen a passenger train (just cargo, as far as I know) until I went abroad. The ease of getting around was amazing and I could totally see not owning a car there.
I'm sure there is just as good public transport here but it doesn't seem to be the way we are built.
Anywhere that has hour long traffic daily should probably be big enough to have better public transport so I'll give you that...
Some cities (even some small ones) have EXCELLENT public transport but some places have zero public transport. And with widespread suburban sprawl it gets worse since you generally need a car to live in suburbia.
I live in Green Bay, WI. Not huge like Madison/Milwaukee but a decent size (IMO). Maybe I have just been really unlucky or oblivious. I only just found out last year that every year, for a long time now, ships come and port here, like galleons and stuff] for a few days as part of some event. So I could see me just not spotting one if it did happen.
Not sure why a train would actually come through here though.
Anywhere that has hour long traffic daily should probably be big enough to have better public transport so I'll give you that...