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Table 1-9: ADA-Accessible Rail Transit Stations by Agency

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Type of rail transit / agency Primary city served Number of stations Percent of Stations Not ADA-Accessible
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Heavy rail                                              
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District San Francisco, CA 36 39 39 39 39 39 39 43 43 43 43 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles, CA 5 8 8 13 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington, DC 74 75 75 76 78 83 83 83 83 86 86 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 35% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Miami-Dade Transit Miami, FL 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 20 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta, GA 36 36 36 36 36 38 38 38 38 38 38 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago, IL 140 141 141 142 142 144 144 144 144 144 144 100% 100% 100% 90% 62% 56% 56% 54% 50% 50% 48%
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 38% 38% 38% 30% 30% 28% 25% 21% 21% 21% 21%
Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore, MD 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14                      
Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit New York, NY 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 468 94% 94% 94% 93% 91% 91% 91% 89% 88% 86% 85%
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation New York, NY 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 13 13 13 13 54% 54% 54% 54% 54% 54% 55% 46% 46% 46% 46%
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Staten Island Railway New York, NY 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 91% 91% 91% 91% 91% 87% 83% 83% 83% 78% 78%
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Cleveland, OH 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 78% 67% 67% 61% 56% 56% 50% 50% 44% 44% 33%
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia, PA 76 76 76 76 76 76 53 75 75 75 75 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 95% 75% 77% 76% 76% 76%
Port Authority Transit Corporation Philadelphia, PA 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 77% 77% 62% 62% 62% 62% 62% 62% 62% 62% 62%
Commuter rail                                              
Altamont Commuter Express San Jose, CA U U U U U U 10 10 10 10 10 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
North San Diego County Transit District San Diego, CA U U U U U U 8 8 8 8 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board San Francisco, CA U U U U U U 34 34 34 33 32 NA NA NA NA NA NA 35% 29% 29% 27% 28%
Southern California Regional Rail Authority Los Angeles, CA U 45 46 46 47 49 51 53 53 54 54 NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Connecticut Department of Transportation New Haven, CT U U U U U U 8 8 8 8 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Miami, FL U U U U U U 18 18 18 18 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation Chicago, IL 226 226 226 227 227 227 227 227 230 231 238 60% 54% 54% 51% 49% 45% 42% 41% 40% 37% 33%
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District Chicago, IL 18 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 61% 61% 61% 61% 61% 61% 45% 45% 40% 40% 35%
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA U U 117 119 120 121 124 125 126 126 126 NA NA 43%   38% 38% 37% 35% 35% 35% 33%
Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore, MD U U U U U U 42 42 42 42 42 NA NA NA NA NA NA 48% 48% 48% 48% 48%
New Jersey Transit Corporation New York, NY 158 158 158 162 162 162 167 168 167 167 162 86% 86% 74% 72% 72% 72% 69% 69% 59% 59% 59%
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Rail Road New York, NY 134 134 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 89% 89% 29% 22% 22% 22% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad New York, NY 106 106 106 106 108 108 109 109 109 109 109 84% 82% 81% 81% 81% 74% 73% 71% 71% 71% 65%
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Pennslyvania, PA U U U U U U 14 12 12 12 12 NA NA NA NA NA NA 71% 67% 67% 67% 67%
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia, PA 181 177 177 177 177 177 153 156 156 156 156 86% 83% 83% 83% 83% 83% 69% 67% 67% 65% 65%
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas, TX U U U U U U 4 4 4 4 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Fort Worth Transportation Authority Fort Worth,TX U U U U U U 5 5 5 5 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Virginia Railway Express Washington, DC U U U U U U 18 18 18 18 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Seattle, WA U U U U U U 7 9 9 9 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Light rail                                              
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles, CA 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 49 49 49 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
San Francisco Municipal Railway San Francisco, CA 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 9 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Sacramento Regional Transit District Sacramento, CA 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 31 41 41 41 100% 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 2% 2% 2%
San Diego Trolley, Inc. San Diego, CA 38 41 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 49 53 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 2% 2% 2% 0%
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority San Jose, CA 33 34 34 34 47 49 44 44 57 57 65 85% 85% 85% 85% 55% 53% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Denver Regional Transportation District Denver, CO 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 24 23 23 36 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8 8 8 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0%
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority New Orleans, LA 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 NA 9 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NA 0%
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston, MA 95 95 95 95 95 78 78 70 70 70 70 91% 91% 91% 87% 87% 79% 79% 64% 64% 64% 64%
Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore, MD 24 24 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
City of Detroit Department of Transportation Detroit, MI NA NA NA NA NA 8 8 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 100% 100% 100% NA NA NA
Bi-State Development Agency St. Louis, MO 18 18 18 18 18 26 26 28 28 28 28 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
New Jersey Transit Corporation Newark, NJ 11 11 11 11 11 11 26 27 49 52 52 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 42% 44% 14% 13% 13%
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Buffalo, NY 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 53% 53% 53% 53% 53%
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Cleveland, OH 33 33 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 94% 85% 85% 79% 79% 76% 76% 76% 76% 76% 76%
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon Portland, OR 27 27 29 47 47 47 52 52 62 63 63 4% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Port Authority of Allegheny County Pittsburgh, PA 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 25 25 25 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia, PA 64 64 64 64 64 64 68 46 46 46 46 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 96% 100% 98% 98% 98%
Memphis Area Transit Authority Memphis, TN 20 20 27 28 28 28 28 1 7 7 7 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas, TX 14 20 20 20 20 22 29 34 34 34 34 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Island Transit Galveston, TX 3 3 3 U U U 3 3 3 3 3 0% 0% 0% NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Houston, TX NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 16 16 16 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0%
Utah Transit Authority Salt Lake City, UT NA NA NA 16 16 20 20 23 23 24 25 NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Seattle, WA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 6 6 6 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0% 0% 0% 0%
King County Department of Transportation Seattle, WA 14 14 14 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Kenosha Transit Kenosha, WI NA NA NA NA 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 NA NA NA NA 100% 100% 50% 50% 50% 0% 0%

KEY: ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992; NA = not applicable; U = data are not available.

NOTE

Rail transit data for 2002 and beyond include both directly operated and purchased transportation. Prior to 2002, the data include directly operated service only.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, National Transit Database (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), table 21, Internet site http://www.ntdprogram.gov as of Feb. 12, 2008.