Everyone gives the MTA a hard time, but maybe they wouldn't if they knew how New York City's public transportation stacked up against other public transportation around the world.
At least, this was our thought process.
Did you know the MTA has the 7th highest annual ridership in the world? It's true. At 1.751 billion annual riders, we rank in right after Guangzhou and right before Mexico City.
Well it's true. Our subway's been running since 1904, and we've got 468 subway stations that transport 5 million people every weekday.
London's Tube is composed of 11 different subway lines with 270 individual stations. It transports an average of 3 million passengers per day, which equals about a billion passengers per year. Ours, however, costs less than theirs.
Basically, we dominate London in size and scope, but we lose grievously when it comes to history and delays.
Their subway system's been running since 1863 and that's, you know, 41 years more than ours.
According to CityAM, London's commuters only spend an average of 13 minutes per month waiting for delayed trains. New Yorkers can attest that we might spend 13 minutes waiting for a train during a single day.
In March, The New York Daily News published a study reporting that only 74% of NYC's subways arrived at their end-of-the-line terminals from March 2014 through March 2015. This is kind of embarrassing considering CityAM's report that 97.5% of the Tube's trains operated on schedule in 2014.
Our subway system, however, transports 751 million more people per year, and we've got 198 more stations than the Tube does. So, get at us London.
See how the MTA stacks up against other public transportation systems around the world with this infographic compiled by the good people over at TimeOut. Here's a clue. We've got more subway lines than anyone else on this infographic, more stations, and more miles of track.
Don't take our word for it, though. Check the infographic below.
via TimeOut NY
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