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Transportation in the City
By Jeffrey Thompson and Cari Meister
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Each day, we ride in cars, trains, and buses. Vehicles honk, zoom, and clang as they take us to the places we need to go. Take a trip and learn all about transportation in the city.
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Jeffrey Thompson
Jeffrey Thompson is passionate about storytelling. He resides in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He is employed by Akebono, but in his free time, he devotes himself to writing, his art, and spending time with his wife and three children.
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