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Location: Miami (prev. NY, Atlanta, SF, OC and San Diego)
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Rail on Miami Beach is not feasible since it is a narrow island....rail from the mainland (Miami) would only make sense if it were underwater, like BART from SF to the East Bay (though it would be prohibitively expensive)...a ferry service might make more sense—like they have from Fisher Island to the McArthur Causeway, though on a grander and expanded scale that connects with Brickell and/or downtown. There is regular water taxi service from South of Fifth on Miami Beach (near Monty’s) to Bayside Marketplace.
Then why do all of these systems have pathetic usage compared to Seattle? Only Atlanta and Miami are even large fractions. Dallas and San Diego have horrific numbers...illustrating that rail mileage means very little.
Seattle's buses get multiple times the ridership per capita of any of the others, aided by HOV lanes, decent frequencies, etc.
If this question really is about best transit system, then I agree with you. If it's about best rail ransit, then Atlanta has better numbers than Seattle.
I don't know which it is, but I'm guessing it's rail transit, not transit.
You can go back to the first page and see it..."transit systems."
You can take your pick of types of transit. But put them all together and Seattle is miles ahead of Atlanta, LA, Portland, and the other lower-middle types.
I've never been to Dallas, but their system looks massive.
It is, but DART's dirty little secret is that their first/last mile coverage is abysmal. Something like 40% of their transit-dependent ridership don't live within walking distance of a train station or bus stop, and DART's official answer to that is "call Uber."
Last edited by bluescreen73; 04-02-2019 at 09:04 PM..
You can go back to the first page and see it..."transit systems."
You can take your pick of types of transit. But put them all together and Seattle is miles ahead of Atlanta, LA, Portland, and the other lower-middle types.
Oh I know, but the OP only listed trains next to the systems and then the trains listed weren't even the same system. And then most replies are focusing on trains.
I voted for Atlanta, it's a great system. The only thing that perplexes me is why would they put the new Braves stadium in the suburbs (seems like a reverse trend as far as ball parks go), no less in a county that rejected MARTA. That's just odd.
We ask ourselves that every single day. And you’re right, MARTA is a great system that’s greatly underrated and underappeciated by many ... and only getting bigger and better with newly funded expansions.
Atlanta simply would not be the city it has become without MARTA over the past 40 years, and any other city in America would KILL to have a heavy rail subway system like it (just ask Seattle).
If South Beach had a connection, you'd probably see a lot more posts with people who have visited Miami and experienced riding transit there.
The sad part is because Miami is do dense and compact, it really doesn't need much more. Maybe just one more line (north/northeast part of the city) and one line that connects to Miami Beach. More or less the city would be set.
Where in places like Atlanta, Dallas, and San Diego, because they sprawl so much there is so much more that needs to be done.
Then why do all of these systems have pathetic usage compared to Seattle? Only Atlanta and Miami are even large fractions. Dallas and San Diego have horrific numbers...illustrating that rail mileage means very little.
Seattle's buses get multiple times the ridership per capita of any of the others, aided by HOV lanes, decent frequencies, etc.
If your idea of outstanding mass transit is buses, then you aren't anywhere close to the level you and other Seattle homers think you are.
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