Notables
This is the largest transit system in the United States
What is New York City / MTA
MTA
What is Metropolitan Transportation Authority
This is the oldest transit system in the world
What is the London Underground?
What is the Streetcar?
This is the technical term for the time between transit vehicles
What is "headway"?
This place is host to the largest private transit system
What is Disney World
TfL
Transport for London
This is the oldest transit system in the US
What is the Chicago "L"?
The modern streetcar vehicle is commonly mixed up with this other transit vehicle
What is Light Rail?
The amount of people a transit line can serve per hour is known as its what
What is capacity?
The largest transit system (by mileage) in the world is in this city
What is Shanghai?
SFMTA
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
The first public transit service in the US, dating back to 1630, was this type of service
What is a ferry?
Washington State DOT operates a transit system, because of the need for this vehicle
What is a ferry?
Less well-known than BRT, ART stands for this
What is Arterial Rapid Transit?
The smallest rail transit system (by mileage) in the US is in this city
What is Detroit (People Mover)?
SEPTA
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
The word "bus" comes from this larger latin word, meaning "for all"
What is "Omnibus"
This type of rail line is also sometimes called an “incline railway”
What is a Funicular?
Realtime transit data relies on a data standard known as what?
GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification)
This city is home to the longest light or heavy rail line in the US
What is LA?
MARTA
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
This President called for the establishment of a mass transit administration (that would later become the FTA)
Who is Kennedy?
New Orleans used to be home to one of these very uncommon transit lines
What is a Gondola?
Most transit agencies rely on this particular bucket of funding for their operations
What are 5307 funds?