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Rank Your Roadways!11-01-96 | 16

Whether a metro area boasts an efficient public transit fleet, aging diesel buses that lurch along ambiguous routes, or no public transit at all, each major city across the country must satisfy hundreds or thousands of commuters each working day.

Recent research conducted by Simon & Schuster, Inc. ranks intercity travel in metro areas across the nation on their ability to meet the transportation needs of residents, using the following criteria: daily commute, public transportation, national highways, air service and passenger rail service.

Top 10 "Places Ranked" for Meeting Transportation Needs:

• Chicago, IL

• Newark-Jersey City, NJ

• New York, NY

• Boston, MA

• Atlanta, GA

• Champaign-Urbana, IL

• Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT

• Ottawa-Hull, ON

• Baltimore, MD

• Washington, D.C.-MD-VA-WV