Road & Rail Mileage in US Urbanized Areas
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Urbanized Area |
Total Road Miles |
Total Road Miles Excluding Local Streets |
Total Urban Passenger Rail Miles |
Non-Local Road Plus Urban Rail Miles |
Urban Rail Miles as a Percentage of Total |
Exhibit: 1997 Estimated Public Transport Market Share (Passenger Miles) |
|
New York-Northeastern NJ |
37,595 |
11,063 |
1,354 |
12,417 |
10.9% |
10.24% |
|
Boston |
10,136 |
3,406 |
412 |
3,818 |
10.8% |
3.00% |
|
Chicago-Northwestern IN |
23,758 |
6,817 |
663 |
7,480 |
8.9% |
4.30% |
|
Washington-Baltimore |
16,867 |
4,747 |
424 |
5,171 |
8.2% |
3.63% |
|
Philadelphia |
13,364 |
4,034 |
310 |
4,344 |
7.1% |
3.01% |
|
Los Angeles-Riverside |
31,450 |
10,804 |
431 |
11,235 |
3.8% |
1.53% |
|
San Francisco-San Jose |
30,298 |
9,118 |
347 |
9,465 |
3.7% |
3.50% |
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale |
9,814 |
2,158 |
81 |
2,239 |
3.6% |
1.71% |
|
San Diego |
5,932 |
2,030 |
67 |
2,097 |
3.2% |
1.48% |
|
Sacramento |
4,331 |
1,134 |
24 |
1,158 |
2.1% |
1.05% |
|
Cleveland |
5,525 |
1,774 |
35 |
1,809 |
1.9% |
1.12% |
|
Atlanta |
13,054 |
2,943 |
46 |
2,989 |
1.5% |
2.14% |
|
New Orleans |
3,291 |
796 |
8 |
804 |
1.0% |
2.30% |
|
Portland-Vancouver |
5,527 |
1,612 |
16 |
1,628 |
1.0% |
1.94% |
|
Pittsburgh |
8,412 |
2,342 |
19 |
2,361 |
0.8% |
1.90% |
|
St. Louis |
8,061 |
2,528 |
17 |
2,545 |
0.7% |
0.81% |
|
Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
3,978 |
1,321 |
6 |
1,327 |
0.5% |
0.86% |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth |
17,803 |
4,796 |
20 |
4,816 |
0.4% |
0.57% |
|
Denver |
6,930 |
1,790 |
5 |
1,795 |
0.3% |
1.54% |
Some urbanized areas consolidated in this table (Los Angeles-Riverside, San Francisco-San Jose, Washington-Baltimore)
Road data, 1999; Rail data, 1998 (latest available). Center line miles (one-way route miles --- single rail lines handing traffic in both directions are
counted based upon full one-way length, not divided by two)
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