Transportation in general is a luxuary... outside your two feet.  Sad but true.  The US isn't built like Europe.

If you saw your average suburb in the US you'd see why public transportation won't work.

Whose fault is that?

I think you're slightly mixing up cause and effect. From what I gather, the addiction to cars is what allowed suburbs to exist, not the opposite.

European cities were built when cars weren't widely available, to a greater extent than American cities. There's also some urban sprawl here nowadays, but nowhere near as much as in USA.

Depending on how the energy crisis plays out, suburbs may almost die. It's not something you'll see in the  short-term, but perhaps medium/long-term (again, depending on how things play out; it's not a certainty).

I almost chocked on my ice cream when i drove past the local Chrevon today. 151.9/L??? looks like Ike won't give us any. sympathy


although it's back to 'normal' levels, 141/L or so.

Gas is good in Delaware in America.

I just saw it for 3.30 somewhere, and my mum said she saw 3.20 somewhere.

Damn. Ike wasn't satisfied whipping Tina Turner's ass. Now, he's died, turned into a hurricane, and is whipping EVERYONE'S ass!

i know its insane here in the states gas dropped alittle to 3.40 ntl. avg. but now its back on the climb

 Yeah, here its 3.59.

I'm not sure if you just had a stroke or something, because that was the most random insult ever...

Suburbs are due to cars allowing Urban Sprawl, however that doesn't magically make it easier to run a mass transit system together.