Different modes of transit per city

[hipster duck]

^If HSR ever gets built, then the Bay Area will pretty much have every mode of rail-based transit imaginable:

- pully-based people mover (Oakland airport)
- rail-based people mover (SFO airtrain)
- cable car
- streetcar
- light rail
- light rail in a subway
- heavy rail metro
- commuter rail
- small-scale diesel regional rail (SMART)
- electrified, frequent regional rail (CalTrain)
- Frequent intercity rail
- Long-distance transcontinental passenger rail
- HSR

Am I missing anything? Is there a funicular somewhere? I guess the cable cars are kind of that, but built as a street-running network.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

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?

If we're using light rail to mean surface level, non-grade separated rail lines through urban street grids then it's a streetcar. I guess light rail can be a fully grade separated subway, but that's not what we use the terminology to describe. Either way, those are the same as rapid buses.

[NYbyWAYofGA]

Originally Posted by SteveD

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

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

Atl also has an aerial tram/funicular at Stone Mountain.

[homebucket]

This is pretty different


From this


And this

[SteveD]

Originally Posted by NYbyWAYofGA

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

Atl also has an aerial tram/funicular at Stone Mountain.

ah yes I forgot about that. No, I meant the poster who said "Atlanta has ferries?". I didn't say we did. I put an X next to it.

[NYbyWAYofGA]

Originally Posted by SteveD

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

That was actually a joke I was making...lol. I do not think that Atl have actual ferries for transit, since there are no major water ways.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by SteveD

ah yes I forgot about that. No, I meant the poster who said "Atlanta has ferries?". I didn't say we did. I put an X next to it.

He was trying to make a homophobic joke that Atlanta has "fairies".

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Am I missing anything? Is there a funicular somewhere? I guess the cable cars are kind of that, but built as a street-running network.

SF used to have one but its since been replaced by trolleybus since the 1940s.





https://www.sfmta.com/blog/22-fillmo...tten-funicular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fillmore_Counterbalance

[Quixote]

Los Angeles:

traditional bus √
rapid bus √
commuter coach √
streetcar √ (at-grade LRT?)
subway/elevated √
commuter rail √
ferry X
aerial tram X
inter-city bus √
inter-city standard rail √
inter-city high-speed rail X
inter-city/international air travel √

[CivicBlues]

Doesn't LA have the Catalina Island ferry?

[TempleGuy1000]

Philadelphia

• traditional bus √
• rapid bus √
• commuter coach √
• streetcar √
• trolleybus √
• subway/elevated √
• commuter rail √
• ferry √ (though only May through September, so just seasonal)
• aerial tram X (built the pillars for it and then never finished it, finally tore down last year)
• inter-city bus √
• inter-city standard rail √
• inter-city high-speed rail √
• inter-city/international air travel √

Cable cars were used in a lot of places back in the day, but I'm almost certain the bay area is the only place with a currently operating system.

[UrbanImpact]

Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000

Cable cars were used in a lot of places back in the day, but I'm almost certain the bay area is the only place with a currently operating system.

Orlando (Hogwarts Express @ Universal Studios), Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay, Aria, and Mirage trams), and Oakland (Bart to Oakland Airport) are modern day version Cable Car systems.

[TempleGuy1000]

Originally Posted by UrbanImpact

Orlando (Hogwarts Express @ Universal Studios), Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay, Aria, and Mirage trams), and Oakland (Bart to Oakland Airport) are modern day version Cable Car systems.

well, I was wrong! Did not know. Thanks for the info! Is there any particular reason a theme park / casinos chose Cable cars? Is it more cost efficient? Or was it just more for aesthetic reasons?

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

Doesn't LA have the Catalina Island ferry?

Yup and we will be getting a gondola from union Station to dodger stadium and eventually hsr

[badrunner]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Yup and we will be getting a gondola from union Station to dodger stadium and eventually hsr

There's a car ferry in Newport Beach as well, and a funicular (Angels Flight) is a type of cable car.

There's also the Palm Springs aerial tramway and various ski lifts.

[Streamliner]

Originally Posted by SteveD

ah yes I forgot about that. No, I meant the poster who said "Atlanta has ferries?". I didn't say we did. I put an X next to it.

I need to get my eyes checked

[kool maudit]

Stockholm

• 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 √
• inter-city/international air travel √

Gotta get those cablecars up and running!

[nito]

London
Bus √
Express Bus √
Coach √
Tram √
Light Rail √
Underground Heavy Rail √
Commuter Rail √
Intercity Rail √
High-Speed Rail √
Ferry √
Cablecar √
Intercity Air Travel √