Light Rail & Freeway Lane
Passenger Miles per Route Mile
(Passenger Kilometers per Route Kilometer)
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Passenger Miles per Mile/Passenger Kilometers per Kilometer |
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2004 |
Light Rail |
Freeway Lane |
Light Rail Lines Needed to Equal One Freeway Lane |
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Baltimore |
1,525 |
20,014 |
13.1 |
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Buffalo |
2,002 |
12,443 |
6.2 |
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Dallas-Fort Worth |
2,492 |
19,403 |
7.8 |
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Denver |
2,692 |
17,506 |
6.5 |
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Houston |
1,376 |
21,422 |
15.6 |
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Los Angeles |
4,152 |
27,760 |
6.7 |
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Minneapolis-St. Paul |
1,002 |
20,101 |
20.1 |
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New York |
801 |
19,318 |
24.1 |
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Portland |
3,909 |
20,383 |
5.2 |
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Sacramento |
1,819 |
22,784 |
12.5 |
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Salt Lake City |
3,514 |
15,754 |
4.5 |
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San Diego |
3,513 |
23,510 |
6.7 |
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San Jose |
675 |
21,358 |
31.6 |
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St. Louis |
3,141 |
15,219 |
4.8 |
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2,329 |
19,784 |
8.5 |
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