City & Populations With Light Rail
From David Cockle.
| Rank | City / Urban area | Country | Population | Land area (in sqKm) |
Density (people per sqKm |
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| 100 | Warsaw | Poland | 2,000,000 | 466 | 4,300 |
| 101 | Denver | USA | 1,985,000 | 1,292 | 1,550 |
| 102 | Cologne/Bonn | Germany | 1,960,000 | 816 | 2,400 |
| 103 | Hamburg | Germany | 1,925,000 | 829 | 2,300 |
| 104 | Dubai | UAE | 1,900,000 | 712 | 2,650 |
| 105 | Pretoria | South Africa | 1,850,000 | 673 | 2,750 |
| 106 | Vancouver | Canada | 1,830,000 | 1,120 | 1,650 |
| 107 | Beirut | Lebanon | 1,800,000 | 648 | 2,800 |
| 108 | Budapest | Hungary | 1,800,000 | 702 | 2,550 |
| 109 | Cleveland | USA | 1,787,000 | 1,676 | 1,050 |
| 110 | Pittsburgh | USA | 1,753,000 | 2,208 | 800 |
From http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-population-125.html
Vancouver is 106th in ranking.
Of the ten cities in the 1.75 to 2.0 million population rankings, all have Light rail/Tram systems except:
Hamburg, Pretoria, Vancouver & Beirut.
Dubai is currently constructing an ART system
YouTube videos of respective systems:
Warsaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvTwLzPZCs&feature=related
Denver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5p1E3kF1OE
Cologne/Bonn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHol_9tZS0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyUwcyIPXfc
Budapest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt7z4H9yip0
The list from citymajors.com is a joke. It missed at least 30 China\’ cities. I believe it missed at least dozens of other Asian cities as well
\”Of the ten cities in the 1.75 to 2.0 million population rankings, all have Light
rail/Tram systems except:\”
you missed at least two dozens Asian cities.
Zweisystem replies: Which cities?
OK CLC, since you consider the given reference “a joke” you do your own research and post a schedule to this blog of ten world cities with a population in the 1.75 to 2.0 million range, together with population density and a summary of their respective public transit systems.
You’ill find it easier to criticise than post a reviewable paper. You have until August 27
Hi bulleid35028 ,
You don\’t need to have serious research, a basic knowledge of world population distribution and some knowledge of Asia will immediately tell you that the 2007 list at the referenced site is a joke, it simply omitted TOO MANY Asian cites (particularly China, India)
Do you know the world second largest city by population is Guangzhou, but it is nowhere to find in citymajors.com
Hi Zwei, a more believable population site you may reference:
http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html
I can verify that the Chinese cities listed there are much more complete as far as my knowledge. Wiki usually have
accurate land area info so that population density can be calculated.
So what’s the point of this comparison? That only 50% of the cities mentioned have operational LRT?
Vancouver and Hamburg both have metro and commuter rail, but not LRT. So what?
You could also say that Vancouver is one of the only cities in this list with water-based public transport. Again, so what?
Zweisystem replies: Only about 12% to 13% of Vancouver’s Metro population use public transit.