Suburban Metros That Have Access to Good Transit? (neighborhoods, college)

[knowledgeiskey]

Which suburban metros in the US have access to functioning buses and rail?

[PatDJohns]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Which suburban metros in the US have access to functioning buses and rail?

The NYC suburbs have very good access to rail and bus lines. You have the LIRR, Metro North, NJ Transit, PATH, and plenty of public bus routes.

[Chicago60614]

Chicago has decent access to rail with Metra, 11 lines radiating out in all directions with a few hundred stations. Can't really say the same about buses though. PACE certainly isn't the greatest.

Chicago has good transit to get suburban people into downtown and back home, but not to just live their lives going from suburb to suburb.

[Iconographer]

Atlanta suburbs/neighborhoods that have good access to heavy rail:

Dunwoody
Sandy Springs
Decatur
Avondale Estates
College Park
East Point
Buckhead
Inman park
Candler Park
Reynoldstown
Midtown
Ansley Park

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Which suburban metros in the US have access to functioning buses and rail?

Don't all US metros have suburbs?

[gwillyfromphilly]

For South Jersey, Camden County and Atlantic County have pretty good transit options to Philadelphia.

[SNEwx_46]

A good portion of SE PA.

[1greatcity]

Most St. Louis suburbs are well-served by Metro buses. And Metro rail lines serve the western inner-ring suburbs as well as some on the east side.

[Joe84323]

Almost all of Metro Phila except for lots of Chester County has decent bus service.

[HenryAlan]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Which suburban metros in the US have access to functioning buses and rail?

I'm a bit confused by the question. Do you mean suburban areas of any metro? Or do you mean metros that are uniformly suburban, such as Phoenix or Orlando? If the latter, I'd say quite a few have some form of rail transit, either light rail or commuter rail, but that the systems are not very comprehensive and are limited in scale.

If the former, there are quite a few good examples:

New York
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
San Diego

Getting there:
Los Angleles
Seattle
Washington DC

These lists could go on and on, but generally, I think if there is solid transportation in the core, you'll find it also provides fairly strong suburban coverage.