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Transit Access

Scale55-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places where residents broadly reach useful transit, using population-weighted stop proximity, peak scheduled service, fixed-guideway access, and observed transit commuting with a limited current-stop check.

Sources

Data behind the rating

3 sources

EPA Smart Location Database — Transit Accessibility

2021 release; 2020 transit schedules, 2018 population, and 2019 block-group geography
Data
2020 GTFS-based block-group stop walking distance, aggregate evening-peak scheduled frequency, and employment access to fixed-guideway transit, population-weighted across each place boundary.
What it tells us
Describes historic place-wide scheduled transit supply and proximity; it is not a live timetable, reliability, fare, travel-time, or accessibility feed.

2020–2024 U.S. Census ACS 5-Year — Public Transit Commuting

2020–2024 estimates; released January 29, 2026
Data
Place-level counts of workers and workers reporting public transportation as their primary commute mode.
What it tells us
Shows how commonly residents use public transit to get to work after small commuting samples are stabilized.
Data
Current mapped public-transit stop points and reported modes used only as a limited positive corroboration and as a coverage fallback when EPA transit fields are absent.
What it tells us
Checks whether current stops are near the place representative point, including premium rail and ferry modes, but not how often or reliably service runs.

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