Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2008
Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2008
Rail transit mode/transit agency | Primary city served | States served | Directional route-miles | Number of crossings | Number of stations1 | Number of ADA accessible stations2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy rail, total | 11 | 17 | 1,602.8 | 27 | 1,025 | 492 |
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, NH, RI | 76.3 | 0 | 53 | 49 |
Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | IL, IN | 207.8 | 25 | 143 | 86 |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 38.1 | 0 | 18 | 13 |
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | 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, NJ, CT | 493.8 | 0 | 468 | 80 |
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 28.6 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 28.6 | 0 | 23 | 5 |
Port Authority Transit Corporation | Philadelphia | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 31.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 74.9 | 0 | 75 | 28 |
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | San Francisco | CA | 209.0 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | Washington | DC, MD, VA | 211.8 | 0 | 86 | 86 |
Light rail, total | 26 | 24 | 1,397.7 | 2,608 | 787 | 665 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 57.6 | 52 | 33 | 33 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, NH, RI | 51.0 | 65 | 74 | 28 |
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | Buffalo | NY | 12.4 | 8 | 15 | 15 |
Charlotte Area Transit System | Charlotte | NC | 19.0 | 21 | 19 | 19 |
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 30.4 | 22 | 34 | 9 |
Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Dallas | TX | 87.7 | 98 | 34 | 34 |
Denver Regional Transportation District | Denver | CO | 70.0 | 39 | 36 | 36 |
Metro Transit Authority of Harris County | Houston | TX | 14.8 | 68 | 16 | 16 |
Kenosha Transit | Kenosha | WI | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
Central Arkansas Transit Authority | Little Rock | AR | 3.4 | 24 | U | U |
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 109.7 | 104 | 49 | 49 |
Memphis Area Transit Authority | Memphis | TN, MS, AR | 10.0 | 62 | 7 | 7 |
Metro Transit | Minneapolis | MN | 24.4 | 45 | 17 | 17 |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority | New Orleans | LA | 33.5 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | Newark | NJ | 114.3 | 120 | 60 | 54 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 82.4 | 691 | 45 | 2 |
Port Authority of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | PA | 47.4 | 44 | 27 | 27 |
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District | Portland | OR, WA | 95.9 | 136 | 30 | 30 |
Sacramento Regional Transit District | Sacramento | CA | 73.8 | 129 | 48 | 47 |
Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | UT | 39.4 | 76 | 28 | 28 |
North County Transit District | San Diego | CA | 44.0 | 41 | 15 | 15 |
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | San Diego | CA | 108.4 | 96 | 53 | 53 |
San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco | CA | 83.1 | 417 | 9 | 9 |
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | San Jose | CA | 81.0 | 168 | 65 | 65 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Authority | Seattle | WA | 3.6 | 14 | 6 | 6 |
King County Department of Transportation | Seattle | WA | 2.7 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Bi-State Development Agency | St. Louis | MO, IL | 91.1 | 25 | 37 | 37 |
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority | Tampa | FL | 4.8 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
Commuter rail, total3 | 18 | 21 | 8,218.8 | 3,161 | 1,199 | 763 |
Alaska Railroad Corporation | Anchorage | AK | 958.0 | 161 | 10 | 10 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 400.4 | 40 | 42 | 24 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, NH, RI | 737.5 | 257 | 133 | 95 |
N. New England Passenger Rail Authority | Boston | MA, ME, NH | 230.4 | 65 | 10 | 10 |
NE Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation | Chicago | IL, WI | 980.4 | 532 | 239 | 165 |
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District | Chicago | IL, IN | 179.8 | 117 | 20 | 13 |
Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Dallas | TX | 29.0 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
Fort Worth Transportation Authority | Ft. Worth | TX | 43.3 | 19 | 5 | 5 |
Connecticut Department of Transportation | Hartford | CT | 101.2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Southern California Regional Rail Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 777.8 | 435 | 55 | 55 |
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority | Miami | FL | 142.2 | 73 | 18 | 18 |
Regional Transportation Authority | Nashville | TN | 62.8 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
MTA Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 545.7 | 157 | 109 | 42 |
MTA Long Island Rail Road | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 638.2 | 346 | 124 | 100 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 996.8 | 316 | 164 | 70 |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Philadelphia | PA | 144.4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 446.9 | 283 | 154 | 55 |
Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | UT | 87.7 | 29 | 8 | 8 |
North County Transit District | San Diego | CA | 82.2 | 34 | 8 | 8 |
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | San Francisco | CA | 153.7 | 46 | 32 | 25 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority | Seattle | WA | 146.9 | 44 | 10 | 10 |
Altamont Commuter Express | San Jose | CA | 172.0 | 127 | 10 | 10 |
Virginia Railway Express | Washington | DC, VA, MD | 161.5 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
United States, total | 35 | 32 | 11,219.3 | 5,796 | 3,011 | 1,920 |
1 Many light rail lines have numerous stops in the street that do not meet the definition of a station.
2 Additional stations may be wheelchair accessible but do not comply with other provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3 Excludes commuter-type services operated independently by Amtrak or another intercity rail provider.
KEY: U = data are unavailable, ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, MTA = Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
NOTES: Does not include other transit rail systems including aerial tramway, automated guideway, cable car, 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. For more information on individual transit agencies, see Transit Profile: All Transit Agencies for the 2008 Report Year, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/pubs/profiles/2008/Transit%20Profiles_All%20Transit%20Agencies_Complete%20Set.pdf, as of May 7, 2010. For more information on the footnotes, see the National Transit Database Glossary entries for Passenger Stations, ADA Accessible Stations, and Commuter Rail, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/Glossary.htm, as of May 7, 2010.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database, tables 21 and 23, available at http://www.ntdprogram.gov as of Apr. 9, 2010.