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Most medium-sized cities have some form of local public transportation, usually a network of fixed bus routes. Larger cities often have metro rail systems (also known as heavy rail in the U.S.) and/or light rail systems for high-capacity passenger service within the urban area, and commuter rail to serve the surrounding metropolitan area.
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Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
Rank System Major cities served Annual ridership (2023) [1] Average ridership weekdays, Q3 2024 [2] Route miles Daily Ridership per mile (Q1 2023) Year Opened Lines
Parisian Omnibus, late nineteenth century A public transport timetable for bus services in England in the 1940s and 1950s. While there are indications of experiments with public transport in Paris as early as 1662, [1] [2] [3] there is evidence of a scheduled "bus route" from Market Street in Manchester to Pendleton in Salford UK, started by John Greenwood in 1824.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States, under two different public brands. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Queens ).
The effort simplified routes, increased bus frequency, connected more locations, and reduced bus congestion in downtown Columbus. The redesign doubled the agency's number of frequent lines and significantly increased weekend service. [58] [59] COTA began its CMAX service, the first bus rapid transit service in Columbus, on January 1, 2018. [60]
Despite the name, Tri-County Transit only operated in Orange County and Seminole County; bus routes for Osceola County were planned but not funded. [7] Service to Osceola County was not introduced until January 1993 with an eight-month trial route. [8] In 1992, OSOTA held a public contest to choose a new name for Tri-County Transit. [9]