New York City, USA
Transportation
New York City is home to the most complex and extensive transportation network in the United States, with more than 12,000 iconic yellow cabs, 120,000 daily cyclists, subway, bus and railroad systems, immense airports, landmark bridges and tunnels, ferry service and even an aerial commuter tramway. While nearly 90% of Americans drive to their jobs, only about 30% of New Yorkers do; about 1 in 3 users of mass transit in the United States and two-thirds of the nation’s rail riders live in New York and its uburbs.New York’s high rate of public transit use and its pedestrian-friendly character makes it one of the most energy-efficient cities in the country.
The New York City Subway is the largest subway system in the world when measured by track mileage (656 miles or 1,056 km of mainline track) and the world’s fourth largest when measured by annual ridership (1.449 billion passenger trips in 2005).
. New York City’s public bus fleet and vast commuter rail network are the largest in North America. The rail network, which connects the suburbs in the tri-state region to the city, has more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines. The commuter rail system converges at the two busiest rail stations in the United States, both in Manhattan, Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, the latter also served by long-distance Amtrak trains.[57] Long-haul buses depart from the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the nation’s busiest bus station. Three major airports serve New York City and its surrounding suburbs: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), both in Queens, and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in nearby Newark, New Jersey. About 100 million travelers used these New York–area airports in 2005 as the metropolitan region surpassed Chicago to become the busiest air gateway in the nation.Rail service is now available to Kennedy Airport via AirTrain JFK. The service connects with the Long Island Rail Road and the city subway system at Jamaica and with the subway also at Howard Beach; it runs down the median divider of the Van Wyck Expressway for much of its length.
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