Are transporters used as the main travelling method between cities on 24th century Star Trek Universe Earth? [duplicate]

Question

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How Common is Same-Planet Transporter Use?

Are transporters used to travel in between Earth cities or are there still conventional (shuttles) or new ways of travelling? I remember vaguely that Commander Riker once said he used all his transporter "rations" on Earth.

Answer 1

Short answer: no.

Going by this page and a Voyager episode where Tom and Harry catch a train to work, I'd say transporter use is very restricted, either to Starfleet personnel and/or sufficiently influential people (mainly politicians), and/or hard to earn (Starfleet may be an exception).

Even in the 24th century, we see that transporters should only be operated by highly-trained personnel (things can still go wrong), not something you'd want in every major city.
This assumes that non-Starfleet people would even want to use them knowing they were going to be "dis-assembled".