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Actual map of the Washington Metro. Map of the network is drawn to scale. Since opening in 1976, the Metro network has grown to include six lines, 98 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route. [78] The rail network is designed according to a spoke–hub distribution paradigm, with rail lines running between downtown Washington and its nearby ...
The Metro Rail fleet is broken down into two main types: light rail vehicles and rapid transit cars (commonly called subway cars in Los Angeles). Metro's light rail vehicles, used on the A, C, E, and K Lines, are 87-foot (26.52 m) articulated , high-floor double-ended cars, powered by overhead catenary lines , which typically run in two or ...
In 1979, an organization known as Metro 2001, Inc., planned to write a history of the development of the Metro system for WMATA using such documents as Congressional hearing transcripts, correspondence, and maps. This Metro History Project was abandoned in 1985, and materials that had been collected up until that point (1930-1984) were donated ...
Violent crime rate per 100k population by state (2023) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.
The number of homicides in Washington peaked in 1991 at 482, [2] a rate of 80.6 homicides per 100,000 residents, [3] and the city eventually became known as the "murder capital" of the United States. [4] The crime rate started to fall in the mid-1990s as the crack cocaine epidemic gave way to economic revitalization projects. Neighborhood ...
The city of Los Angeles has, a low rate of public transportation use compared to similar sized American cities, with only 7.7% of commuters getting to work by this means in 2021. [35] The city's average one-way commute was approximately 29 minutes in 2021. [35] 31% of public transit riders ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average ...
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Los Angeles Metro Rail has been extended significantly since it started service in 1990, and several further extensions are either in the works or being considered. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 61,981,300 or about 208,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.