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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The 47 Transit Areas
Author : Christof Spieler
Published in: Trains, Buses, People
Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
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Abstract
No other North American city is as dependent on rail transit as New York City. It accounts for two thirds of U.S. rail transit ridership and one third of all transit ridership. New York City has only one car for every four people. Most of the population uses public transit not just to get to work but for errands and entertainment. Even in the suburbs, where car ownership is typical and freeways cross the landscape, commuter rail carries almost a million people to work daily.