LA Times on transit
The LA Times has a couple good features on transit:
In Taking the rapid out of transit, Dan Turner attempts to take public transit from Hollywood Hills to LAX and is actually successful after nearly three hours. it's a good thing he didn't actually have to catch a flight or carry any luggage. The article is filled with some great quotes, and has daily passenger boarding and miles of track statistics for all the major US cities with transit as a bonus.
Mass Transit Hysteria by Mimi Pond is a great cartoon about the ridiculousness in public opinion over building public transit in Los Angeles. Nobody wants it built near them, but once it is done, functioning and a selling point for the neighborhood, everybody loves it...
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csa | 03:46 PM |
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Using the stats in the article, I calculated the number of boardings per track mile and was somewhat surprised, especially about Chicago's position. Perhaps commuter rail was included in the numbers.
1. Boston
9796 b/tm
2. New York
8663 b/tm
3. Philadelphia
7853 b/tm
4. Washington
6416 b/tm
5. Atlanta
4784 b/tm
6. Los Angeles
3365 b/tm
7. San Francisco Bay Area
2663 b/tm
8. Chicago
2337 b/tm
