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There has been a discussion in the Savannah forum regarding mass transit (//www.city-data.com/forum/savan...hs-future.html) and it got me to thinking.. Are there any smaller metropolitan areas in the U.S. that have it? Street cars count, but I would really like to hear of any with light rail or BRT or something similar. Keep it in the present, (or perhaps anything proposed for the future!) as I know many small towns had street cars in the past.
I'm a bit hesitant to consider commuter rail in this argument because there are quite a few exurban towns that connect to larger cities like New York, for example. Also, buses don't count.
The smallest towns/cities I can think of with mass transit are Charlotte, Phoenix, Jacksonville and Portland... definitely not small.
Camden NJ has a subway, light rail and buses and even smaller but these examples are sort of smaller cities part of much larger metros
Newark got the subway before it was part of any bigger metro. Its a stand alone system. Plans for Newark City Subway were announced in 1910, first segment opened in 1935.
Newark got the subway before it was part of any bigger metro. Its a stand alone system. Plans for Newark City Subway were announced in 1910, first segment opened in 1935.
Camden just has Philly subway pretty much.
I believe the Camden subway also opened in 1935, started planning in 1911 - sound like similar time frames
Both today have subways that go into the larger cities in the metro
If you exclude buses, then Buffalo and Salt Lake City are a couple of metros in the low 1 million people range that have rail.
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