Table 1-8: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2001
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 1-8: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2001
| Rail transit mode/transit agency | Primary city served | States served | Directional route-miles | Number of crossings | Number of stations | Number of ADA accessible stations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy rail | ||||||
| Chicago Transit Auth. | Chicago | IL | 206.3 | 25 | 144 | 64 |
| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Auth. | Cleveland | OH | 38.2 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
| L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Auth. | Los Angeles | CA | 31.9 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 29.4 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Auth. | Boston | MA | 76.3 | 0 | 53 | 38 |
| Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth. | Atlanta | GA | 96.0 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| Miami-Dade Transit Agency | Miami | FL | 42.2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| MTA New York City Transit | New York | NY | 493.8 | 0 | 468 | 41 |
| MTA Staten Island Railway | New York | NY | 28.6 | 0 | 23 | 3 |
| Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | New York | NY, NJ | 25.0 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
| Port Authority Transit Corporation | Philadelphia | PA, NJ | 31.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | San Francisco | CA | 190.1 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 76.1 | 0 | 76 | 4 |
| Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Auth. | Washington | DC, MD, VA | 206.6 | 0 | 83 | 83 |
| Light rail | ||||||
| Bi-State Development Agency | St. Louis | MO, IL | 68.8 | 23 | 26 | 26 |
| City of Detroit Department of Transportation | Detroit | MI | 1.3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Dallas Area Rapid Transit Auth. | Dallas | TX | 47.1 | 68 | 22 | 22 |
| Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Auth. | Cleveland | OH | 30.8 | 22 | 34 | 7 |
| Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Auth. | Tampa | FL | 4.6 | U | 10 | 10 |
| Island Transit | Galveston | TX | 9.8 | 57 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenosha Transit | Kenosha | WI | 1.9 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| King County Department of Transportation | Seattle | WA | 3.7 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans Auth. | Los Angeles | CA | 82.4 | 77 | 36 | 36 |
| Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 57.6 | 52 | 32 | 32 |
| Massachusetts Bay Trans Auth. | Boston | MA | 51.0 | 56 | 78 | 16 |
| McKinney Avenue Transit Auth. | Dallas | TX | 2.8 | U | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis Area Transit Auth. | Memphis | TN | 5.8 | 40 | 28 | 28 |
| New Jersey Transit Corporation | Newark | NJ | 24.3 | 27 | 26 | 15 |
| Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System | Buffalo | NY | 12.4 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
| Port Authority of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | PA | 34.8 | 39 | 13 | 13 |
| Portland Streetcar | Portland | OR | 4.8 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Transit Auth. | New Orleans | LA | 16.0 | 124 | 9 | 9 |
| Regional Transportation District | Denver | CO | 28.0 | 34 | 20 | 20 |
| Sacramento Regional Transit District | Sacramento | CA | 40.7 | 90 | 29 | 29 |
| San Diego Trolley | San Diego | CA | 96.6 | 96 | 49 | 49 |
| San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco | CA | 73.3 | 351 | 11 | 0 |
| Santa Clara Valley Trans Auth. | San Jose | CA | 58.4 | 97 | 49 | 23 |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Trans Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 69.3 | 1,702 | 64 | 0 |
| Tri-County Metropolitan Trans District | Portland | OR | 64.9 | 111 | 47 | 46 |
| Utah Transit Auth. | Salt Lake City | UT | 34.2 | 59 | 20 | 20 |
| Commuter rail | ||||||
| Alaska Railroad Corporation | Anchorage | AK | 275.0 | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| Altamont Commuter Express Auth. | San Jose | CA | 172.0 | 127 | 10 | 10 |
| Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Auth. | Seattle | WA | 78.6 | 39 | 7 | 7 |
| Connecticut Department of Transportation | New Haven | CT | 101.2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD, DC, WV | 373.4 | 40 | 40 | 19 |
| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Auth. | Boston | MA, RI | 710.0 | 0 | 121 | 75 |
| MTA Long Island Rail Road | New York | NY | 638.2 | 402 | 124 | 97 |
| MTA Metro-North Railroad | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 545.7 | 162 | 108 | 28 |
| New Jersey Transit Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, PA | 975.2 | 329 | 162 | 46 |
| N. San Diego County Transit Development Board | San Diego | CA | 82.2 | 34 | 8 | 8 |
| NE Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation | Chicago | IL, WI | 940.4 | 512 | 227 | 125 |
| Northern Indiana Commuter Trans District | Chicago | IL, IN | 179.8 | 117 | 18 | 7 |
| ON TRACK | Syracuse | NY | 3.5 | U | 3 | 3 |
| Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | San Francisco | CA | 153.6 | 49 | 34 | 22 |
| Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Philadelphia | PA | 144.4 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| South Florida Regional Transportation Auth. | Miami | FL | 142.2 | 72 | 18 | 18 |
| Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Auth. | Philadelphia | PA | 449.2 | 116 | 177 | 30 |
| Southern California Regional Rail Auth. | Los Angeles | CA | 770.0 | 442 | 49 | 49 |
| Trinity Railway Express | Dallas | TX | 51.6 | 24 | 7 | 7 |
| Vermont Transportation Auth. | Burlington | VT | 25.0 | U | 3 | 3 |
| Virginia Railway Express | Washington | DC, VA | 177.5 | 23 | 18 | 18 |
| Total | 9,486.0 | 5,820 | 2,816 | 1,363 |
KEY: 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 1-7.
SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association, 2003 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www.apta.com/stats as of Oct. 2, 2003.