What are the worst cities in America in 2022 for public transportation? In a previous video we looked at the ten US urbanized areas under a million with the highest transit ridership (Small Cities, Big Transit), and today we flip the script: it's the ten US urbanized areas over a million population with the lowest transit ridership.
Our journey today mostly focuses on workhorse bus systems, but we'll also look at new bus rapid transit lines, light rail, modern streetcars (urban circulators), water taxis, people movers, and incredibly illegible bus stops -- and we'll even do a side trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico to look at Publicos and the Tren Urbano.
It's a lot of transit modes...and not much ridership. Fun times!
Other CityNerd videos referenced in this video:
- North America's Best Public Markets: [ Ссылка ]
- Top 10 Cities for Ferry Travel: [ Ссылка ]
- Top 10 North American Cities for BRT: [ Ссылка ]
- Top 10 Small Cities with Big Transit Ridership: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Biggest Freeway Interchanges: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Most Freeway Heavy Downtowns: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Best Existing Freeway Lids: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Best Place to Build New Freeway Lids: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Most Urbanist NBA/NHL Arenas: [ Ссылка ]
- 10 Walkable Neighborhoods in Unwalkable Cities: [ Ссылка ]
Transit Agencies referenced in this video:
- Sacramento Regional Transit District: [ Ссылка ]
- TECO Streetcar: [ Ссылка ]
- Hillsborough Transit Authority: [ Ссылка ]
- Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority: [ Ссылка ]
- Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority: [ Ссылка ]
- Jacksonville Transportation Authority: [ Ссылка ]
- JTA Ultimate Urban Circulator: [ Ссылка ]
- Kansas City Regional Transit: [ Ссылка ]
- San Bernardino County OmniTrans: [ Ссылка ]
- sbX Green Line: [ Ссылка ]
- Riverside Transit Agency: [ Ссылка ]
- Detroit Department of Transportation: [ Ссылка ]
- Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation: [ Ссылка ]
- Hampton Roads Transit: [ Ссылка ]
- IndyGo: [ Ссылка ]
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit: [ Ссылка ]
- Memphis Area Transit Authority: [ Ссылка ]
Other Resources:
- "Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S." by Jonathan English for Bloomberg City Lab, available at [ Ссылка ]
- UITP (international transit data): [ Ссылка ]
National Transit Database: [ Ссылка ]
Urbanized Area (UZA) definition: "An area defined by the U. S. Census Bureau that includes:
- One or more incorporated cities, villages, and towns (central place)
- The adjacent densely settled surrounding territory (urban fringe) that together has a minimum of 50,000 persons
The urban fringe generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile. Urbanized areas do not conform to congressional districts or any other political boundaries."
Wikipedia page on Metropolitan Statistical Areas: [ Ссылка ]
Photo/Video Credits:
- Cincinnati Race Street Subway Station By Jonathan Warren - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
- Jacksonville Skyway By Aaron Clausen - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
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