These are the world’s best cities for public transit | Destination-of-the-week News
Public transport can break or make a city. With ever-increasing traffic on the roads posing
Public transport can break or make a city. With ever-increasing traffic on the roads posing a threat to not just our day-to-day life but also the environment, in general, sound public transport can go a long way in determining one’s travel experience in a city. As such, Time Out — the publisher of global city guides — surveyed more than 20,000 city-dwellers around the world, in more than 50 cities.
“We asked simply: is it easy to get around your city by public transport?” it noted, adding that four out of five locals had good things to say about their city’s public transportation network. “Many iconic networks didn’t quite make the cut. There is no room for Istanbul’s continent-crossing ferries, the fairytale trams of Lisbon, Melbourne, and Manchester, or Bangkok’s elevated Skytrain.”
But, a bunch of cities from around the globe — including Mumbai in India — made the cut. Here are the top 10 cities with the world’s best public transport.
*Berlin: Calling public transport in Berlin a “delight”, the magazine said that 97 per cent of Berliners praised their city’s transport network.
*Prague: One of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Prague has an equally efficient public transport system. “A massive 96 per cent of Prague locals said their city was easy to get around by public transport,” the magazine noted.
Tokyo: Tokyo’s public transport is not only convenient for locals but also increasingly easy to use for non-Japanese speakers. 94 per cent of locals said that the city was easy to navigate by public transport.
81 per cent of locals say it’s easy to cross Mumbai by public transport (Source: Pixabay)
Copenhagen: Copenhagen boasts of a reliable system of trains, buses, and waterbuses. As such, 93 per cent of locals said it was easy to get around.
Stockholm: Public transport in Stockholm includes trams, busses, and ferries, among others, and has impressed 93 per cent of the locals.
Singapore: Incredibly accessible and cutting-edge, Singapore‘s transportation system is very much convenient, according to 92 per cent of the locals.
Hong Kong: Efficient, clean, and comfortable — Hong Kong’s transit system was praised by 92 per cent of the locals.
Taipei: “One of the most easily traversed cities in Asia”, Taipei had 92 per cent of locals rating the public transport network positively.
Shanghai: “Shanghai residents are certainly satisfied: 91 of respondents in our survey said it was easy to cross the city using public transport,” the magazine noted.
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Amsterdam: Amsterdam’s public transport – including a network of trains, trams, ferries, and buses – does an incredible job and was praised by 91 per cent of locals.
Mumbai, on the other hand, occupied the 19th spot. “81 per cent of locals say it’s easy to cross Mumbai by public transport, and the system certainly keeps the metropolis moving, with millions using the city’s buses, rickshaws, metro and taxis on a daily basis,” the outlet wrote.
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