Public Rides

Plain-English transit guides

How do I ride transit in your city?

Every city does transit differently — how you pay, which app you need, how you get in from the airport. Public Rides explains each one in plain English, from official sources only.

105 cities · every fact sourced

Every city we cover

Pick a station. Each guide is checked against the agency's own pages before it's published.

United States 47

  1. Atlanta Georgia 20% frequent service
  2. Austin Texas 35% frequent service
  3. Baltimore Maryland 44% frequent service
  4. Boston Massachusetts 22% frequent service
  5. Buffalo New York 7% frequent service
  6. Charlotte North Carolina 8% frequent service
  7. Chicago Illinois 35% frequent service
  8. Cincinnati Ohio 18% frequent service
  9. Cleveland Ohio 27% frequent service
  10. Columbus Ohio 35% frequent service
  11. Dallas Texas 17% frequent service
  12. Denver Colorado 23% frequent service
  13. Detroit Michigan 7% frequent service
  14. Fort Worth Texas 34% frequent service
  15. Honolulu Hawaii 21% frequent service
  16. Houston Texas 35% frequent service
  17. Indianapolis Indiana 27% frequent service
  18. Jacksonville Florida
  19. Kansas City Missouri 8% frequent service
  20. Las Vegas Nevada 19% frequent service
  21. Los Angeles California 45% frequent service
  22. Miami Florida 29% frequent service
  23. Milwaukee Wisconsin 20% frequent service part of network
  24. Minneapolis Minnesota 24% frequent service
  25. Nashville Tennessee 27% frequent service
  26. New Orleans Louisiana 16% frequent service
  27. New York City New York 71% frequent service
  28. Newark New Jersey 34% frequent service
  29. Norfolk Virginia 5% frequent service
  30. Oakland California 27% frequent service
  31. Orlando Florida 17% frequent service
  32. Philadelphia Pennsylvania 34% frequent service
  33. Phoenix Arizona 25% frequent service
  34. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15% frequent service
  35. Portland Oregon 40% frequent service
  36. Richmond Virginia 33% frequent service
  37. Ridgefield Washington 26% frequent service
  38. Sacramento California 15% frequent service
  39. Salt Lake City Utah 31% frequent service
  40. San Antonio Texas 20% frequent service
  41. San Diego California 31% frequent service
  42. San Francisco California 69% frequent service
  43. San Jose California 47% frequent service
  44. Seattle Washington 51% frequent service
  45. St. Louis Missouri 8% frequent service
  46. Tampa Florida 11% frequent service
  47. Washington, DC District of Columbia 40% frequent service

Canada 5

  1. Calgary Alberta 21% frequent service
  2. Montréal Québec 32% frequent service
  3. Ottawa Ontario 30% frequent service
  4. Toronto Ontario 53% frequent service
  5. Vancouver British Columbia 44% frequent service

Germany 5

  1. Berlin Berlin 54% frequent service
  2. Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 42% frequent service
  3. Frankfurt Hesse 58% frequent service
  4. Hamburg Hamburg 40% frequent service
  5. Munich Bavaria 55% frequent service

Australia 4

  1. Brisbane Queensland 20% frequent service
  2. Melbourne Victoria 32% frequent service
  3. Perth Western Australia 26% frequent service
  4. Sydney New South Wales 23% frequent service

United Kingdom 4

  1. Birmingham England 53% frequent service part of network
  2. Liverpool England 36% frequent service part of network
  3. London England 82% frequent service
  4. Manchester England 38% frequent service part of network

Brazil 2

  1. Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro
  2. São Paulo São Paulo 82% frequent service

France 2

  1. Lyon Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
  2. Paris Île-de-France 40% frequent service

Italy 2

  1. Milan Lombardy 4% frequent service
  2. Rome Lazio 59% frequent service

Spain 2

  1. Barcelona Catalonia 67% frequent service
  2. Madrid Madrid 100% frequent service

One city each 32

  1. Buenos Aires Argentina
  2. Vienna Austria 81% frequent service
  3. Brussels Belgium 95% frequent service part of network
  4. Santiago Chile 96% frequent service
  5. Bogotá Colombia 94% frequent service
  6. Prague Czechia 51% frequent service
  7. Copenhagen Denmark 40% frequent service
  8. Helsinki Finland 43% frequent service
  9. Athens Greece 43% frequent service operator missing
  10. Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China 78% frequent service part of network
  11. Budapest Hungary 75% frequent service
  12. Delhi India
  13. Jakarta Indonesia
  14. Dublin Ireland 50% frequent service
  15. Tel Aviv Israel 79% frequent service
  16. Tokyo Japan 51% frequent service
  17. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 22% frequent service part of network
  18. Mexico City Mexico 77% frequent service Dec 2024 data
  19. Amsterdam Netherlands 72% frequent service
  20. Auckland New Zealand 44% frequent service
  21. Oslo Norway 60% frequent service
  22. Manila Philippines
  23. Warsaw Poland 56% frequent service part of network
  24. Lisbon Portugal
  25. Singapore Singapore
  26. Seoul South Korea
  27. Stockholm Sweden 55% frequent service
  28. Zurich Switzerland
  29. Taipei Taiwan
  30. Bangkok Thailand 68% frequent service part of network
  31. Istanbul Türkiye
  32. Dubai United Arab Emirates

What every guide answers

  1. 1

    How to pay

    Card, phone, app, or cash — what works on which vehicle, what a ride costs, and what a day caps at.

  2. 2

    Getting in from the airport

    The one route that gets you downtown, how long it takes, and what it costs — before you land.

  3. 3

    Which app, and when it runs

    The apps locals use for fares and live arrivals, plus hours, accessibility, and the quirks nobody tells you.

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