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I hate those 50 largest cities cutoffs, they include small cities with huge land areas, and exclude dense older big cities because they have small technical city borders. I wish they would do the core cities of the 50 largest metros instead. Also how do cities that have no passenger rail at all end up with numbers for subway/elevated rail? for example Columbus Oh - 37, lol is this a personal backyard subway? how reliable are these numbers?
1. I do these manually and have to stop somewhere so 50 is my personal cutoff. Others are free to do more.
2. 37 is a small enough number that they could be Columbus residents who work say in Cleveland? idk just offering a possible explanation.
1. I do these manually and have to stop somewhere so 50 is my personal cutoff. Others are free to do more.
2. 37 is a small enough number that they could be Columbus residents who work say in Cleveland? idk just offering a possible explanation.
Oh got it. I didn't realize you were doing this manually.
On point number 2, I would just assume that its just bad data for most of those with tiny numbers and no train system - probably people answering the question wrong on purpose. I can't imagine any person driving all the way from Columbus to Cleveland, then parking and getting on public transit for the last few miles (let alone 37 people doing that!) . There's no passenger train between Columbus and Cleveland either.
A lot of people drive to another city then park at a park-n-ride so they can use transit to get downtown. That probably saves money in any city.
I could see if it was a fairly close city, but the drive from Columbus to Cleveland is 2 hours. That would be an absolutely brutal commute just by car alone, but to get out and take public tranist would add another 30 minutes at least, each way. I also don't know if they would consider Cleveland's to be a subway, I think it only has 1 sort-of underground station.
Another possibility though, is it's consultants who are working in other cities and live in hotels during the workweek, and taking their el/subway systems such as Chicago. but live in the cities that don't have them. anyway its kind of irrelevant since they're such tiny numbers, but I was just curious.
Oh got it. I didn't realize you were doing this manually.
On point number 2, I would just assume that its just bad data for most of those with tiny numbers and no train system - probably people answering the question wrong on purpose. I can't imagine any person driving all the way from Columbus to Cleveland, then parking and getting on public transit for the last few miles (let alone 37 people doing that!) . There's no passenger train between Columbus and Cleveland either.
I can. Here in the Twin Cities some people drive in from the burbs, then park the car ~8 or 10 miles short of downtown at/near an LRT station, then take the train the rest of the way. Reason: high parking rates in downtown Minneapolis/discounted or free transit passes provided by some employers. (But yes, Columbus to Cleveland is a long haul, but maybe 37 people think it's "worth it" to save a few bucks every day on downtown parking...)
I can. Here in the Twin Cities some people drive in from the burbs, then park the car ~8 or 10 miles short of downtown at/near an LRT station, then take the train the rest of the way. Reason: high parking rates in downtown Minneapolis/discounted or free transit passes provided by some employers. (But yes, Columbus to Cleveland is a long haul, but maybe 37 people think it's "worth it" to save a few bucks every day on downtown parking...)
I get your point, and its been made before, but get real - nobody is drivng 2 hours then parking to take public transit, on a daily basis. doing it from a nearby city is a completely different situation. a 2 hour drive is not something anybody would , or should, put up with
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