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The standard way to envision this is to imagine yourself at the center of a large carousel and tossing a ball to someone positioned on the edge. By the time the ball gets to the perimeter, the target person has moved on and the ball passes behind him. From his perspective, it looks as if it has curved away from him. That is the Coriolis effect, and it is what gives weather systems their curl and sends hurricanes spinning off like tops.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Suburban lawmakers in Congress vigorously protected the long-standing ban on a commuter tax, so 66 percent of the income generated in Washington was taxed in Maryland and Virginia, where the bulk of federal workers made their homes. In addition to churches, schools, and other institutions that do not pay taxes anywhere, D.C. officials also could not tax land owned by the federal government, embassies, and nonprofits. Fully 42 percent of District land thus did not contribute to city coffers.
Chocolate City
Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
In addition, transit agencies can sometimes improve their finances by adopting free-fare policies. Missoula was able to secure so much grant money when it dropped fares that it improved its financial footing, the TRB found.
Eliminating or Reducing Transit Fares Requires Careful Planning: Transportation Research Board
Charles Pekow
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