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With the right investments, NJ could become the most transit friendly state due to our small size and our dense population centers (which are almost all centered around former train stations)
San Fransisco > 346,504
Los Angeles > 154,355
Miami > 67,000
San Juan > 38,700
Atlanta > 259,900
Chicago > 640,000
Cleveland > 26,500
Philadelphia > 270,000
Baltimore > 58,000
Washington DC > 801,400
New York > 5,225,675 Boston > 280,000+
I don't know if that's a typo, but Boston's heavy rail ridership is over 480,000 and Philly is about 310,000.
Newark's lines (outside of regional commuter lines) double as subway and lightrail. It's subway while in the core of the city before going surface for the remainder.
Heres the Current & Future US systems list. I also added in the daily ridership. This took me 1 hr to do and i had to dig beyond Wikipedia for the ridership. Enjoy
Current Systems
Light Rail
Seattle > 14,852
Portland > 112,400+
Sacramento > 56,800
San Fransisco > 186,200 (muni)
San Jose > 33,200+
Los Angeles > 142,100
San Diego > 93,100
Phoenix > 33,500
Salt Lake City > 68,200
Denver > 61,800 +
Minneapolis > 32,300 +
St. Louis > 57,600
Houston > 31,100
Dallas > 63,200
Cleveland > 10,900+
Charlotte > 20,000
Pittsburgh > 25,200
Baltimore > 34,700
Philadelphia > 94,800
Boston > 237,700 (green line) & 6,684 (Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line)
Newark > 16,000+
NJ Gold Coast > 60,000+
Buffalo > 23,200
Trenton > 9,000 (NJT Riverline)
Camden > 9,000 (NJT Riverline)
Streetcar systems
Tacoma > 3,200
San Fransisco > 686,000 (muni)
Philadelphia > 7,000
Dallas > ?
Seattle > 1,800
San Pedro > ?
Fort Collins > ?
Denver > ?
Tucson > ?
Kenosha > 200-300
Savannah > ?
Memphis > 4,000
Tampa > 700
Little Rock > 500
New Orleans 4,400
Heavy Rail systems
San Fransisco > 346,504
Los Angeles > 154,355
Miami > 67,000
San Juan > 38,700
Atlanta > 259,900
Chicago > 640,000
Cleveland > 26,500
Philadelphia > 270,000
Baltimore > 58,000
Washington DC > 801,400
New York > 5,225,675
Boston > 280,000+
Existing Commuter Rail systems
Seattle > 10,000
Portland > 2,000
San Fransisco > 40,000 (Cal Trains)
Los Angeles > 50,000+
San Jose > 40,000 (Cal Trains)
Salt Lake City > 4,900
Minneapolis > 3,000
Dallas > 10,000
Chicago > 312,000
Miami > 16,000+
Nashville > 900-1200
Northern Virgina > 16,000
Maryland > 32,000
Long Island > 347,600
Lower Hudson Valley > 278,700
New Jersey > 350,000+
Southeastern Pennsylvania > 147,000 +
Eastern Massachusetts > 150,000
Southern Connecticut > 60,000+
San Diego > 10,000+
Washington DC Boston Northern Jersey Central Jersey Southern Jersey Baltimore Norfolk Charlotte Atlanta Miami Orlando Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cleveland Minneapolis Seattle San Jose Los Angeles Phoenix Tacoma Portland Austin Dallas Denver Indianapolis Fort Lauderdale Raleigh Sacramento Binghamton Rochester Syracuse Worcester Springfield Hartford Manchester San Diego Salt Lake City San Fransisco San Juan
Streetcar systems
Providence New Haven Philadelphia Albuquerque Atlanta Austin Baltimore Boise Charlotte Cincinnati Columbus Dallas Denver Fort Worth Kansas City Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans Portland Boston Seattle Reno Oklahoma City Stamford Washington DC Tucson Harrisburg Reading,PA Lancaster
Heavy Rail
Atlanta Boston Chicago New York City NJ Gold Coast Los Angeles San Jose Philadelphia
Commuter Rail
Atlanta Austin More in Eastern Massachusetts Western Massachusetts Charlotte 70% of Connecticut Fort Worth Hampton Roads Harrisburg Kansas City Los Angeles Madison Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis 90% of New Jersey More in the Lower Hudson Valley of NY More in Providence Metro Raleigh San Antonio Rogue Valley,OR San Bernardino San Fransisco Tulsa Virgina
Higher / High Speed Intercity Railways (120-150mph+)
Boston-Montreal HSL 130-150mph Empire Corridor 110-140mph Keystone Corridor Extension to Pittsburgh / Cleveland 110-160mph Los Angeles - Las Vegas HSL 130-170mph California HSR system 150-220mph Cascades HSL 110-130mph Florida HSR network 140-180mph Midwest HSR Network up to 110-240mph Ohio 3 Corridor 110-150mph Ohio Hub network 80-140mph Texas HSR Network 130-220mph Southeast HSR Network 90-140mph
Thank you so much for the information!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only the Red & Orange lines are true Heavy rail , the rest are Light Rail or BRT. Only the MFL & BSL are heavy rail in Philly.
BRT? What's that?
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