Coverage Ratios: New (Post 1980) US Urban Rail Systems (Area within 1/4 Mile of a Light or Heavy Rail Station)
Urbanized Area
Area within Walking Distance of Rail Stations: 1996
Urbanized Land Area: 1990 (Square Miles)
Coverage: Percentage of Urbanized Area within Walking Distance of Stations
Atlanta
7.1
1,137
0.62%
Baltimore
7.5
593
1.26%
Buffalo
2.7
286
0.96%
Dallas
2.7
1,443
0.19%
Denver
2.9
459
0.64%
Los Angeles
8.1
1,960
0.41%
Miami
4.1
353
1.17%
Portland
5.3
388
1.37%
Sacramento
5.5
334
1.65%
San Diego
7.5
690
1.08%
San Joes
6.5
388
1.67%
St. Louis
3.5
728
0.49%
Washington
14.5
945
1.54%
Average
1.00%
Area within 1/4 mile of light rail or heavy rail station. Coverage ratio is overstated, because urbanized areas have grown in physical size since 1990 (new data will be available from the 2000 Census)
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