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Prospective international students studying in the United States will know the location of the university, including transportation, before leaving. After all, studying in the United States, food, clothing, housing and transportation is an indispensable part. Today, American public transportation is like an elevator, which can take you to dozens of floors, but it can't take you to the office. The vast majority of Americans live 3/4 miles away from public transportation stations, and 60% of urban workers and low-income families are located in areas without public transportation. The following are 10 cities with the worst public transportation system in the United States. See if your American universities are in these cities.

The first place is Poughkeepsie-Newburg-Middletown, new york.

Population: 677,094

Median income: $6,965,438+$048

Unemployment rate: 7.7%

Traffic coverage: 46.8%

Finish the work within 90 minutes: 8.2%

20 10 Dachis county revised the route system, focusing on public transport services. In some fields and services, more frequent services are provided to adapt to the workplace, mainly in retail, hotel and restaurant facilities.

The second place is Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titesville, Florida.

Population: 536,357.

Median income: $453,965,438 +0

Unemployment rate: 1 1. 1%

Traffic coverage: 64%

Work within 90 minutes: 7.4%

Palm Bay is another example of improper deployment of transportation resources. An area needs good transportation. Traffic congestion in Florida is a huge problem, and the coastal transportation bureau in this area has also faced budget pressure for many years.

Third place-Augusta, South Carolina? Richmond county

Population: 12 1.090.

Median income: $42 146

Unemployment rate: 8.4%

Traffic coverage: 30.2%

Work within 90 minutes: 16.4%

Like other underperforming cities, the transportation cost of Augusta is a problem. City officials are considering hiring a private company to run the transportation system, which local media say will save $400,000 a year. They hope to privatize the public transport system and improve the service, but their service system is not perfect, so they are criticized by passengers.

The fourth place is Youngstown, Ohio-Warren)-boardman.

Population: 562,963

Median income: $40,920

Unemployment rate: 9.9%

Traffic coverage: 36.3%

Work within 90 minutes: 14.2%

The Western Reserve Transportation Administration said on its website that the system serves all Ning counties in Mahon. However, according to the survey data of Brookings, the situation is different. Its coverage rate is only 36.2%, and the means of transportation that can reach the workplace is even negligible, 14.2%.

Fifth place Riverside California-San Bernardino)-Ontario.

Population: 4 143, 1 13.

Median income: $5,365,438 +085.

Unemployment rate: 13.9%

Traffic coverage: 77.3%

Work within 90 minutes: 7.9%

Less than 8% of jobs can reach the riverside area by public transportation, which may be because most people in southern California drive to work, so the roads are often crowded. In addition, reducing costs is also a problem.

Sixth place in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Population: 699,247.

Median income: US$ 4,565,438 +056.

Unemployment rate: 7.5%

Traffic coverage: 27.9%

Finish the work within 90 minutes: 25.4%

Knoxville seems to be included in this list because its system is very small. For more than 25 years, officials have been planning to pay $6.6 billion for transportation projects. One of the grand plans may be the air quality problem, which has been plaguing Tennessee's transportation system.

Seventh place Birmingham, Illinois-Hoover.

Population: 1, 13 1, 700.

Median income: $44,868

Unemployment rate: 8.4%

Traffic coverage: 32. 1%

Finish the work within 90 minutes: 23.3%

Birmingham's public transport system has struggled for years. Last year, Mayor William Bell paid $65,438+1billion for the public transport system, denying the reduction of major services. The long-term funding of the system still needs to be solved.

Greenville, South Carolina, eighth place-Modine)-easley.

Population:179,315.

Median income: $43,283

Unemployment rate: 8.0%

Traffic coverage: 27.7%

Finish the work within 90 minutes: 29.4%

Greenville has been trying to improve its transportation system. South Carolina Governor Nicki Haley just announced that Amy Kitchen, an organic food company, plans to open a new factory and will recruit 700 employees in the city. At the same time, officials are studying how to improve I? Interstate 85 will become a toll road, which will further improve the traffic congestion problem.

Ninth Virginia Martyrs (Richmond)

Population: 539, 154

Median income: $55,609

Unemployment rate: 7.0%

Traffic coverage: 30.8%

Finish the work within 90 minutes: 26.5%

Like other transportation systems, the GTRC transportation system in Richmond has also been affected by the economic recession. Last year, it proposed to raise ticket prices and cut some services. In 2008, GRTC was rated as the largest transportation system in North american public transportation association by the United States.

Tenth place: Atlanta, Georgia-Sandisksprings-marietta.

Population: 54752 13

Median income: $55,464

Unemployment rate: 9.8%

Traffic coverage: 37.8%

Work within 90 minutes: 2 1.7%

Cost cutting explains the poor performance of Atlanta's transportation network. Last year, Marta, the Atlanta public transport system, admitted that the budget of the management system was tight. What officials describe it as? Difficult but necessary action? , including deleting some services.

? The budget of Marta 20 1 1 fiscal year includes measures to control internal costs. Bus service (13 1 line to 9 1 line) decreased by 10.2 percentage points, railway service decreased by 14.2 percentage points, and monthly and mobile tickets were increased.