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Another thing that I think is interesting is that the turn-of-the-20th Century era systems (NYC, Philly, Boston, Chicago) are all firmly ahead of the 60's era systems (DC, SF, Atlanta, Miami, Baltimore, Cleveland) but the newest system (Los Angeles, which opened in the '90s) has the highest scores. They are grouped pretty neatly like that.

I bet this is because older systems were designed around older density, and thus helped maintain that older density. The 60s and 70s era systems were designed at the height of suburbanization when Park and Rides were all the vogue. And the LA system was designed when projects like these started to cost a pretty penny and they had to get the absolute most bang for the buck out of it. Pretty sure the heavy rail portion of LA Metro has only one Park and Ride station if any.

by Dave Murphy on Feb 29, 2012 11:05 am • link • report

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