CityNerd | 10 Busiest Streets in North America: Streets in the US, Canada and Mexico That Carry the Most People @CityNerd | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In previous video's we've looked at the busiest bridges and the biggest interchanges -- this week's time to look at the busiest streets in the US, Canada, and Mexico. And by busy we don't mean the most vehicular traffic. No, we want to know which streets have the most people-moving capacity, whether it's by subway, bus, bike, or car.
It turns out the busiest streets in North America are mostly the ones that are home to some of the busiest subways in the world. We'll look at some of the most crowded subways in the US and Mexico, some of the most frequent buses in the world (BRTs with dedicated lanes), and we'll see some great multimodal streets with protected bike lanes, too.
Streets we hit along the way include New York's Broadway, Queens Boulevard, Lexington Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Eighth Avenue, Chicago's Loop, Toronto's Younge Street, San Francisco's Market Street, and Mexico City's Insurgentes, Chapultepec, Zaragoza, and San Antonio Abad.
Come along for the journey and find out which street moves the most people!
Other CityNerd vides referenced in this video:
- Ginormous Interchanges: youtu.be/4rgH0MUaHx8
- Freeway-Light Cities: youtu.be/5F3lZwG-BWk
- Busiest Bridges and Tunnels: youtu.be/HbZXtSnabWc
- Urban Aqueducts: youtu.be/tfqXyPcPlQ0
The Transportation Research Board's Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual: trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169437.aspx
MTA's schedule for the 6 train: new.mta.info/document/9456
Links to articles:
"The Boring Company proposes tunnels in Austin and San Antonio," by Maria Merano for Teslarati: teslarati.com/elon-musk-the-boring-company-texas-tunnels
Photo Credits:
New title roll: Video by IRVING AGUILAR from Pixabay
Taxis: Image by Richard van Liessum from Pixabay
Mexico City Metro map: By Fluence - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24919600
Mexico City Metro line symbols: By Sofree and Andreuvv - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3740198
NYC Subway Image by By Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA Timetable, extracted with FontForge on 10 June 2019., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80226481
Metrobus logo By Gobierno de la Ciudad de México - Metrobús, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88932396
PATH logo - By Dream out loud - Extracted from panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/path/pdfs/NEW_ParkingGuide.pdf, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3966543
Thumbnail New York image: Image by nathany from Pixabay
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
Twitter: @nerd4cities
Contact: nerd4cities@gmail.com
In previous video's we've looked at the busiest bridges and the biggest interchanges -- this week's time to look at the busiest streets in the US, Canada, and Mexico. And by busy we don't mean the most vehicular traffic. No, we want to know which streets have the most people-moving capacity, whether it's by subway, bus, bike, or car.
It turns out the busiest streets in North America are mostly the ones that are home to some of the busiest subways in the world. We'll look at some of the most crowded subways in the US and Mexico, some of the most frequent buses in the world (BRTs with dedicated lanes), and we'll see some great multimodal streets with protected bike lanes, too.
Streets we hit along the way include New York's Broadway, Queens Boulevard, Lexington Avenue, Sixth Avenue, Eighth Avenue, Chicago's Loop, Toronto's Younge Street, San Francisco's Market Street, and Mexico City's Insurgentes, Chapultepec, Zaragoza, and San Antonio Abad.
Come along for the journey and find out which street moves the most people!
Other CityNerd vides referenced in this video:
- Ginormous Interchanges: youtu.be/4rgH0MUaHx8
- Freeway-Light Cities: youtu.be/5F3lZwG-BWk
- Busiest Bridges and Tunnels: youtu.be/HbZXtSnabWc
- Urban Aqueducts: youtu.be/tfqXyPcPlQ0
The Transportation Research Board's Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual: trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169437.aspx
MTA's schedule for the 6 train: new.mta.info/document/9456
Links to articles:
"The Boring Company proposes tunnels in Austin and San Antonio," by Maria Merano for Teslarati: teslarati.com/elon-musk-the-boring-company-texas-tunnels
Photo Credits:
New title roll: Video by IRVING AGUILAR from Pixabay
Taxis: Image by Richard van Liessum from Pixabay
Mexico City Metro map: By Fluence - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24919600
Mexico City Metro line symbols: By Sofree and Andreuvv - Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3740198
NYC Subway Image by By Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA Timetable, extracted with FontForge on 10 June 2019., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80226481
Metrobus logo By Gobierno de la Ciudad de México - Metrobús, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88932396
PATH logo - By Dream out loud - Extracted from panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/path/pdfs/NEW_ParkingGuide.pdf, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3966543
Thumbnail New York image: Image by nathany from Pixabay
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
Twitter: @nerd4cities
Contact: nerd4cities@gmail.com
