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Walk Score: New York Best U.S. Public Transit City in 2016
New York City is the best U.S. city for public transit, according to the 2016 Transit Score ranking released by Walk Score, a subsidiary of the real estate brokerage firm Redfin.
The city’s Transit Score, 84.1, is 2.9 points above its 2014 ranking because this year the Metropolitan Transportation Authority launched the extension of its 7 subway line to the far west side of Manhattan. According to Walk Score, a place with a Transit Score in the 70 to 89 range has excellent public transit.
Rounding out the rest of the top five U.S. cities are San Francisco, 80.4 points; Boston, 74.4; Washington, DC, 70.6; and Philadelphia, 66.8. Walk Score has expanded its 2016 Transit Score ratings to include a total of 350 U.S. cities and more than 10,000 neighborhoods.
Rankings are determined by summing the relative “usefulness” of public transit (bus, subway, light rail, ferry and so on) routes near a given location. Usefulness is defined as the distance to the nearest stop on the route, the frequency of the route and type of route (with twice as much weight given to heavy/light rail than to bus service).
Find the full report here.
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