Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2006,,,,,,,
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Rail transit mode/transit agency,Primary city served,States served,Directional route-miles,Number of crossings,Number of stations2,Number of ADA accessible stations3,
"Heavy rail, total",11,12,"1,601.3",27,"1,026",443,
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority,Atlanta,GA,96.1,0,38,38,
Maryland Transit Administration,Baltimore,MD,29.4,0,14,14,
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Boston,MA,76.3,0,53,42,
Chicago Transit Authority,Chicago,IL,206.3,25,144,72,
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority,Cleveland,OH,38.1,0,18,10,
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Auth.,Los Angeles,CA,31.9,0,16,16,
Miami-Dade Transit Agency,Miami,FL,45.0,0,22,22,
MTA New York City Transit,New York,NY,493.8,0,468,65,
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation,New York,"NY, NJ",28.6,2,13,7,
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority,New York,NY,28.6,0,23,5,
Port Authority Transit Corporation,Philadelphia,"PA, NJ",31.5,0,13,5,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,Philadelphia,PA,74.9,0,75,18,
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District,San Francisco,CA,209.0,0,43,43,
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,Washington,"DC, MD, VA",211.8,0,86,86,
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"Light rail, total",26,20,"1,188.0","2,479",741,607,
Maryland Transit Administration,Baltimore,MD,57.6,52,33,33,
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Boston,MA,51.0,65,70,25,
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority,Buffalo,NY,12.4,8,15,7,
Charlotte Area Transit System,Charlotte,NC,3.9,10,10,10,
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority,Cleveland,OH,30.4,22,34,8,
Dallas Area Rapid Transit,Dallas,TX,87.7,98,34,34,
Denver Regional Transportation District,Denver,CO,31.6,39,23,23,
Island Transit,Galveston,TX,11.8,57,3,3,
Metro Transit Authority of Harris County,Houston,TX,14.8,68,16,16,
Kenosha Transit,Kenosha,WI,1.9,19,2,1,
Central Arkansas Transit Authority,Little Rock,AR,2.4,23,11,11,
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Trans. Authority,Los Angeles,CA,109.7,104,49,49,
Memphis Area Transit Authority,Memphis,TN,10.0,62,7,7,
Metro Transit,Minneapolis,MN,24.4,45,17,17,
New Jersey Transit Corporation,Newark,NJ,106.8,109,52,45,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,Philadelphia,PA,66.2,691,46,1,
Port Authority of Allegheny County,Pittsburgh,PA,47.4,44,25,25,
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District,Portland,OR,94.1,133,63,63,
Sacramento Regional Transit District,Sacramento,CA,58.4,104,41,40,
Utah Transit Authority,Salt Lake City,UT,37.3,76,24,24,
"San Diego Trolley, Incorporated",San Diego,CA,96.6,96,49,48,
San Francisco Municipal Railway,San Francisco,CA,72.9,351,9,9,
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority,San Jose,CA,70.8,119,57,57,
Central Puget Sound Regional Transportation Auth.,Seattle,WA,3.6,25,6,6,
King County Department of Transportation,Seattle,WA,3.7,14,9,9,
Bi-State Development Agency,St. Louis,"MO, IL",75.8,24,28,28,
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority,Tampa,FL,4.8,21,8,8,
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"Commuter rail, total1",15,20,"8,076.0","2,932","1,174",696,
Alaska Railroad Corporation,Anchorage,AK,958.0,161,10,10,
Maryland Transit Administration,Baltimore,"MD, DC, WV",400.4,40,42,22,
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,Boston,"MA, RI",702.1,233,126,82,
N. New England Passenger Rail Authority,Boston,"MA, ME, NH",199.9,37,10,10,
NE Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation,Chicago,"IL, WI",940.4,512,231,145,
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District,Chicago,"IL, IN",179.8,117,20,12,
Dallas Area Rapid Transit,Dallas,TX,29.0,15,4,4,
Fort Worth Transportation Authority,Dallas,TX,40.5,19,5,5,
Connecticut Department of Transportation,New Haven,CT,101.2,3,8,8,
Southern California Regional Rail Authority,Los Angeles,CA,778.0,443,54,54,
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority,Miami,FL,142.2,72,18,18,
MTA Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co.,New York,"NY, NJ, CT",545.7,1,109,32,
MTA Long Island Rail Road,New York,NY,638.2,395,124,99,
New Jersey Transit Corporation,New York,"NY, NJ, PA","1,113.0",316,167,68,
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,Philadelphia,PA,144.4,7,12,4,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,Philadelphia,PA,446.9,283,156,54,
North County Transit District,San Diego,CA,82.2,34,8,8,
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board,San Francisco,CA,153.7,49,33,24,
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority,Seattle,WA,146.9,45,9,9,
Altamont Commuter Express,San Jose,CA,172.0,127,10,10,
Virginia Railway Express,Washington,"DC, VA",161.5,23,18,18,
"United States, total",33,30,"10,865.3","5,438","2,941","1,746",
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1 Excludes commuter-type services operated independently by Amtrak.,,,,,,,
2 Many light rail lines have numerous stops in the street that do not meet the definition of station.,,,,,,,
3 Additional stations may be wheelchair accessible but do not comply with other provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.,,,,,,,
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KEY:  ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; MTA = Metropolitan Transportation Authority.,,,,,,,
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"NOTE:  Does not include several other transit rail systems including aerial tramway, automated guideway, inclined plane, and monorail.  For definition of directional route-miles see table 1-8.  Heavy rail, light rail, and commuter rail are defined in the glossary.",,,,,,,
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"SOURCE: American Public Transportation Association, 2007 Public Transportation Fact Book, Washington, DC: 2007, available at http://www.apta.com/research/stats/rail/index.cfm as of Nov. 9, 2007.",,,,,,