The subway was my favorite part of living New York. The New York subway has more stations than any other metro system in the world (472), meaning I could just pop up just about anywhere in the city and live there entirely without a car. It was great. When I moved away, I couldn’t help but wonder — why do so few U.S. cities have subways?
Resources on this topic:
How Much Does Rail Transit Cost to Build and Operate:
https://www.thoughtco.com/rail-transit-projects-costs-2798796
Urban Densities and Transit: A Multi-dimensional Perspective:
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/publications/UCB/2011/VWP/UCB-ITS-VWP-2011-6.pdf
Loo, B. P. Y., & Cheng, A. H. T. (2010). Are there useful yardsticks of population size and income level for building metro systems? Some worldwide evidence. Cities, 27(5), 299–306.
Video sources:
– Videoblocks.com
– Archive.org, Prelinger Archives
Photo sources:
– Flickr user A Diamond Fell From the Sky
– Flickr user Atomic Taco
– Flickr user Canadian Pacific
– Flickr user Ian Fuller
– Flickr user Michael B
– Flickr user Michael Semensohn
– Flickr user Paul Sullivan
– Flickr user Susanne
– New York MTA
– Oregon Department of Transportation
– Trimet
– Virginia Department of Transportation
Filmed in sunny Sacramento, California.
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