Most Urban/Navigable Cities w/o a MRT or Light Rail

[norcal2k19]

New Haven, CT is #4 in % of pedestrian commuters (small urban college city), and this is not including all the commuter and regional rail links.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...rian_commuters

[Northeasterner1970]

Originally Posted by _Buster

Pittsburgh has the T -- light rail that goes from the north side, through downtown as a subway, and about 24 miles through the southern neighborhoods and suburbs of the city over two lines. It definitely has a light rail system -- its been there a long time, and its pretty well used. Pittsburgh also has 3 busways with dedicated highways and ROWs, act basically the same as light rail, in other directions through the city and suburbs. So Pittsburgh definitely is not applicable to this thread.

Cincy has a new small streetcar downtown only, with low ridership, mostly weekend as opposed to commuters. it would not be considered a MRT or light rail. Completely different systems. So Cincy would be applicable for this thread, based on the OPs criteria.. I think there are a few other cities with new streetcars also, can't remember offhand (Kansas City?) but they would apply also. also New Orleans as someone above said, but their streetcar system is fairly extensive and well established ridership I think, so maybe the OP can chime in if they think it should apply here.

Milwaukee and Detroit have also built a new streetcar. Both systems are in the process of expanding, but they are pretty limited in their present form.

[R1070]

Columbus

[theurbanfiles]

Originally Posted by ASJackson814

What cities do you think are the most urban and/or easily navigable without a mass transit rail system(MRT) or light rail system?

Think about:
-Walkability
-Traffic
-Parking
-Street Density(Amount of people walking on the streets)
-Bus Transit
-Airport
-Bike-Friendliness
-Uber/Lyft/Taxi(if you want to include this)


I've visited Charleston, SC for a couple of days, & it's more urban than I thought it would be. Even though the population density is around 1,200/Sq.mi, it felt surprisingly compact, dense & walkable. Plus it had a decent bus service.

Of places I've been recently that I haven't seen mention of yet in this thread, the following come to mind:
Lincoln, NE
Gainesville, FL
Boise, ID
Boulder, CO
Asheville, NC
St. Petersburg, FL
Sarasota, FL
Savannah, GA (I guess they have a heritage streetcar of some kind though? So, maybe that doesn't count)

All of these have a relatively reliable, and somewhat well-used per capita bus network or at least that's what I remember, they have a compact downtown core with a variety of uses (college, state offices, retail and nightlife, etc.) that kinda helps make up for the overall lack of walkability rating, etc in the city itself. They are (at least some of those) are considered not hostile to pedestrians, and some are considered leading cities for urban public spaces, bike lanes, and not being hostile to pedestrians. All in all, each of these are at least relatively pleasant areas to walk around, too.

To add two more from Canada that could potentially win this straight up... Victoria, BC and Quebec City, QC, and I also have heard and seen very good imagery regarding St. John's, NL.