Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2003
Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2003
Rail transit mode/transit agency | Primary city served | States served | Directional route-miles | Number of crossings | Number of stations2 | Number of ADA accessible stations3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy rail, total | 11 | 12 | 1,597.3 | 27 | 1,023 | 416 |
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority | Atlanta | GA | 96.1 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 29.4 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA | 76.3 | 0 | 53 | 42 |
Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | IL | 206.3 | 25 | 144 | 66 |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 38.1 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. | Los Angeles | CA | 31.9 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Miami-Dade Transit Agency | Miami | FL | 45.0 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
MTA New York City Transit | New York | NY | 493.8 | 0 | 468 | 50 |
MTA Staten Island Railway | New York | NY | 28.6 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | New York | NY, NJ | 28.6 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
Port Authority Transit Corporation | Philadelphia | PA, NJ | 31.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 76.1 | 0 | 75 | 17 |
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | San Francisco | CA | 209.0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth. | Washington | DC, MD, VA | 206.6 | 0 | 83 | 83 |
Light rail, total | 25 | 19 | 1,018.7 | 3,457 | 630 | 482 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 57.6 | 52 | 32 | 32 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA | 51.0 | 56 | 70 | 25 |
Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System | Buffalo | NY | 12.4 | 8 | 15 | 7 |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 30.4 | 22 | 34 | 8 |
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority | Dallas | TX | 87.7 | 98 | 34 | 34 |
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority | Dallas | TX | 2.8 | U | 0 | 0 |
Regional Transportation District | Denver | CO | 31.6 | 39 | 24 | 24 |
Detroit Department of Transportation | Detroit | MI | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Island Transit | Galveston | TX | 11.8 | 57 | 3 | 3 |
Metro Transit Authority of Harris County | Houston | TX | 15.0 | 64 | 16 | 16 |
Kenosha Transit | Kenosha | WI | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans. Auth. | Los Angeles | CA | 82.4 | 77 | 36 | 36 |
Memphis Area Transit Authority | Memphis | TN | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Regional Transit Authority | New Orleans | LA | 16.0 | 124 | 9 | 9 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | Newark | NJ | 28.3 | 30 | 27 | 15 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 69.3 | 1,702 | 46 | 0 |
Port Authority of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | PA | 34.8 | 39 | 14 | 14 |
Portland Streetcar | Portland | OR | 4.8 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
Tri-County Metropolitan Trans. District | Portland | OR | 81.3 | 196 | 52 | 52 |
Sacramento Regional Transit District | Sacramento | CA | 40.7 | 93 | 31 | 30 |
Bi-State Development Agency | St. Louis | MO, IL | 75.8 | 24 | 28 | 28 |
Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | UT | 37.3 | 58 | 23 | 23 |
San Diego Trolley | San Diego | CA | 96.6 | 96 | 49 | 48 |
San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco | CA | 72.9 | 351 | 9 | 9 |
Santa Clara Valley Trans. Authority | San Jose | CA | 58.4 | 97 | 44 | 44 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Trans. Auth. | Seattle | WA | 3.6 | 25 | 6 | 6 |
King County Department of Transportation | Seattle | WA | 3.7 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Auth. | Tampa | FL | 4.8 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
Commuter rail, total1 | 16 | 18 | 6,905.2 | 2,531 | 1,163 | 656 |
Alaska Railroad Corporation | Anchorage | AK | 92.4 | 27 | 10 | 10 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD, DC, WV | 400.4 | 40 | 42 | 22 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, RI | 702.1 | 0 | 125 | 81 |
NE Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation | Chicago | IL, WI | 940.4 | 512 | 227 | 134 |
Northern Indiana Commuter Trans. District | Chicago | IL, IN | 179.8 | 117 | 20 | 11 |
Trinity Railway Express | Dallas/Ft. Worth | TX | 69.5 | 34 | 9 | 9 |
Southern California Regional Rail Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 778.0 | 443 | 53 | 53 |
South Florida Regional Transportation Auth. | Miami | FL | 142.2 | 72 | 18 | 18 |
Connecticut Department of Transportation | New Haven | CT | 101.2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
MTA Long Island Rail Road | New York | NY | 638.2 | 402 | 124 | 99 |
MTA Metro-North Railroad | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 545.7 | 161 | 109 | 32 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, PA | 1,070.2 | 329 | 168 | 52 |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Philadelphia | PA | 144.4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 449.2 | 116 | 156 | 51 |
N. San Diego County Transit Development Board | San Diego | CA | 82.2 | 34 | 8 | 8 |
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | San Francisco | CA | 153.7 | 49 | 34 | 24 |
Altamont Commuter Express Authority | San Jose | CA | 172.0 | 127 | 10 | 10 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Auth. | Seattle | WA | 78.6 | 35 | 9 | 9 |
ON TRACK | Syracuse | NY | 3.5 | U | 3 | 3 |
Virginia Railway Express | Washington | DC, VA | 161.5 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
United States, total | 33 | 28 | 9,521.2 | 6,015 | 2,816 | 1,554 |
1 Excludes commuter-type services operated independently by Amtrak.
2 Many light rail lines have numerous stops in the street that do not meet the definition of station.
3 Additional stations may be wheelchair accessible but not comply with other provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
KEY: ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; MTA = Metropolitan Transportation Authority; U = data are unavailable.
NOTE: Does not include several other transit rail systems including aerial tramway, automated guideway, inclined plane, and monorail. For definition of directional route-miles see table 1-8. Heavy rail, light rail, and commuter rail are defined in the glossary.
SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association, 2005 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www.apta.com/research/stats/rail/index.cfm as of Sept. 21, 2005.