Different modes of transit per city

[iheartthed]

Inspired by the transit map thread, how many modes of public transit are available in each city/region? Modes include: traditional bus, rapid bus, commuter coach, streetcar, subway/elevated, commuter rail, ferry, and aerial tram, inter-city bus, inter-city standard rail, inter-city high-speed rail, air travel. Every city should at least have a traditional bus system and an airport, but most of the rest will probably vary widely. Also, feel free to add any legitimate modes of public transportation that I overlooked.

NYC

• traditional bus √
• rapid bus √
• commuter coach √
• streetcar X
• subway/elevated √
• commuter rail √
• ferry √
• aerial tram √
• inter-city bus √
• inter-city standard rail √
• inter-city high-speed rail √ (ok, maybe?)
• inter-city/international air travel √

NYC has one of the most diverse sets of transit options in the world, but there is a conspicuous absence of a streetcar in the city.

[Yuri]

São Paulo

- traditional bus √
- rapid bus √
- commuter coach √
- streetcar X
- subway/elevated √
- commuter rail √
- ferry √ (I didn't know, but apparently there is on the reservoirs on the far south and it's quite busy)
- aerial tram √
- inter-city bus √
- inter-city standard rail √
- inter-city high-speed rail X
- inter-city/international air travel √

It's missing HSR and Streetcar. As Rio de Janeiro opened their system in 2016 and Santos (the big port on São Paulo coast) also opened theirs around the same time, I guess São Paulo will soon have it. Downtown São Paulo has some buses connected with electric cables above though.

[hipster duck]

Toronto:

traditional bus (ICE or battery electric) √
trolley bus X
rapid bus √
bus rapid transit in grade-separated right of way with stations √
commuter coach √
streetcar √
light rail √
subway/elevated √
commuter rail √
ferry √ (sort of? Not really for commuting)
aerial tram X
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail √
inter-city high-speed rail X
inter-city/international air travel √

[Streamliner]

San Diego, California

• traditional bus √
• rapid bus √
• commuter coach √
• streetcar √
• subway/elevated √
• commuter rail √
• ferry √
• aerial tram X *
• inter-city bus √
• inter-city standard rail √
• inter-city high-speed rail X **
• inter-city/international air travel √

* Unless you count the aerial trams within the San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld
** Coming soon

[mhays]

Seattle:

traditional bus √
rapid bus (BRT-lite, lots of bus/hov lanes and freeway routes) √
commuter coach √
trolley bus √
streetcar X
subway/elevated (light rail uses both, plus monorail) √
commuter rail √
ferry (local and international) √
cruise ship √
aerial tram X
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail √
inter-city high-speed rail X
inter-city/international air travel √
inter-city/international float plane √

[homebucket]

San Francisco

• traditional bus √
• rapid bus √
• trolley bus √
• battery electric bus √
• commuter coach √
• cable car √
• streetcar √
• light rail √
• subway/elevated √
• commuter rail √
• ferry √
• aerial tram √
• inter-city bus √
• inter-city standard rail √
• inter-city high-speed rail X - but on the way
• inter-city/international air travel √
  

Added trolley bus, battery electric bus, cable car, and light rail.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Added trolley bus, battery electric bus, cable car, and light rail.

Functionally, those all operate as either buses or streetcars, so I don't think they need their own designation.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by mhays

Seattle:

cruise ship √

While not their primary purpose, I guess you can use a cruise ship to transit. NYC would also have this as a transit mode in that case.

[UrbanImpact]

Miami (Including Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach since it's continuous)
traditional bus √ (Various)
rapid bus √ (Busway)
commuter coach √ (95 express)
streetcar X
subway/elevated √ (Metrorail)
people mover √ (Metromover)
commuter rail √ (TriRail)
ferry √ (Water Taxi)
aerial tram X
inter-city bus √ (Greyhound?)
inter-city standard rail √ (Amtrak)
inter-city high-speed rail √ (Brightline)
inter-city/international air travel √ (MIA, FLL, PBI)

[SIGSEGV]

Chicago:

• traditional bus √
• rapid bus (debatable if it qualifies, but we try) √
• commuter coach √
• streetcar X (unless you count Kenosha's... thing).
• subway/elevated √
• commuter rail √
• ferry (water taxi) √
• aerial tram X
• inter-city bus √
• inter-city standard rail √
• inter-city high-speed rail X (though eventually there will be... higher... speed service to St. Louis)
• inter-city/international air travel √

[SteveD]

Atlanta:

traditional bus √
rapid bus X (several routes in the planning stages)
commuter coach √
streetcar √
subway/elevated √
commuter rail X
ferry X
aerial tram √ (airport only - remote car rental center & convention ctr)
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail √
inter-city high-speed rail X
inter-city/international air travel √

[muertecaza]

Phoenix:

traditional bus √
rapid bus √
trolley bus X
battery electric bus X *
commuter coach X **
cable car X
streetcar √
light rail √
subway/elevated X
commuter rail X
ferry X
aerial tram X
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail X
inter-city high-speed rail X
inter-city/international air travel √

*not yet but coming soon
**at least I don't know of any.

Biggest black eye for Phoenix for me is the loss of any inter-city rail. The proposal is to reconnect us with the latest infrastructure bill. We'll see. Curse you saboteurs! Still a $300k reward available for someone that can solve the 25-year-old case of the 1990s Phoenix derailment.

[Streamliner]

Originally Posted by SteveD

Atlanta:

Atlanta has ferries?

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by SteveD

Atlanta:

aerial tram √ (airport only - remote car rental center & convention ctr)

To clarify, that's not what I mean by aerial tram. An aerial tram is suspended in the air using cable wires. The Atlanta airport shuttle is an elevated train.

This is New York's tramway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island_Tramway

[Double L]

traditional bus √
rapid bus √
commuter coach √
streetcar ✔️
subway/elevated ❌
commuter rail ❌
ferry √
aerial tram √
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail √
inter-city high-speed rail ❌
inter-city/international air travel √

METRO runs traditional bus, rapid bus, and light rail. The Brazos Transit district runs commuter bus, the Bush Intercontinental airport has aerial tram and there are several ferries, including one in Galveston and one across the Houston ship channel connecting to the San Jacinto monument.

Does light rail count as streetcar? Because we have light rail.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Double L

Does light rail count as streetcar? Because we have light rail.

Galveston has streetcars that re-opened this past year.

[hipster duck]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Functionally, those all operate as either buses or streetcars, so I don't think they need their own designation.

Not to nitpick, but why did you have a separate category for Rapid Buses, if you consider light rail to be functionally the same as a streetcar?

[NYbyWAYofGA]

Originally Posted by Streamliner

Atlanta has ferries?

Plenty, but not the kind that we're thinking...

[homebucket]

Trolleybuses (only 5 systems in use in the US and 1 in Canada) and cable cars are also pretty unique.

[SteveD]

Originally Posted by NYbyWAYofGA

Plenty, but not the kind that we're thinking...

I didn't understand the ferry comment because I put an X next to it. Acknowledged on the other post about aerial tram.