The suburb — home to Six Flags Over Texas, Hurricane Harbor, AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Park — is one of the largest U.S. cities without a public mass transit system. Over the years, critics have said Arlington's decision not to have a public transportation system is a burden to its nearly 400,000 residents.
Not only is the New York City public transportation system the most extensive in the country, but it's also one of the few that operates all night long. Both subway trains and bus services run 24/7.
The first public transportation system in the United States was set up in Boston in the early 17th century and consisted of horse carts and ferries. Decades later, a similar ferry system was set up in the city of Philadelphia to carry passengers to nearby Camden, New Jersey.
The Shanghai Metro is the world's longest metro network at 803 kilometres (499 mi) and has the highest annual ridership at 2.83 billion trips. The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations with 472.
The metropolitan regions with the best public transportation are NYC (which includes portions of New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut), Chicago (includes portions of Wisconsin and Indiana), Washington DC (includes portions of Maryland and Virginia).