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Using the data embedded in the Transit Explorer database, I calculated key statistics on how transit investment has changed over time in the United States and a number of other countries. These data point to some intriguing trends, notably a decline in investment stateside combined with significant expansion in countries like Canada, Egypt, France, Israel, and Turkiye (I have not yet assembled data for countries in south and east Asia, where transit expansion is proceeding even more quickly).

(Relatedly, for the Urban Institute’s Urban Wire, I calculated key trends in housing adjacency to rail and bus rapid transit stations in the US, as well as Canada, England, and France.)

Over the past century, transit construction in the US waxed and waned. Overall, the number of kilometers of rail transit systems added reached its apex (at least since the 1920s) in the 1990s, when about 1,000 kilometers of new commuter rail lines were opened. During the first decade of the 2000s, the country added the most heavy rail (subway/metro) and light rail lines, generating more than 500 new kilometers over ten years, a record.

Since 2010, however, rail transit construction has lost steam in the US. The number of kilometers opened declined by about 30 percent between the 2000s and 2010s, and the first few years of the 2020s suggest further decline by 2030. At the current rate, less than 500 new kilometers of rail transit will open by then—the lowest figure since the 1970s.

Nevertheless, among the countries in the Transit Explorer database (meaning, excluding Australia, plus south and east Asian countries), the US now has the most kilometers of metro rail (heavy rail or light metro). As of 2023, it has about 1,350 kilometers in operation, of which about a third are in the New York region.

But the growth rate of active metro lines in the US has been slower than in other countries since 2000, increasing by only about 10 percent in route length (the US population grew by 18 percent over the same period). The length of metro systems more than doubled in Brazil and increased by 45 percent in Spain, by contrast.

And there are about 1,700 kilometers of metro in operation in the European Union’s seven most populous countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, and the Netherlands), whose collective population is almost identical to that of the United States. Their metro route length has increased by 30 percent overall since 2000—three times as fast as the US. (Those countries’ populations collectively grew by only about 4.5 percent between 2000 and 2021.) It is worth noting that Russia’s urban metro rail systems have also expanded tremendously since 2000, outpacing Spain as of 2022.

We can see similar trends when examining the number of light rail, tramway, or streetcar stations in operation across the countries in the database. Since 1980, US cities have invested heavily in light rail, adding about 1,370 stations nationwide. That’s a lot, but it is less than in those seven EU countries combined (2,100 stations), and even just in France (1,450 stations).

And some countries, like Italy, are planning very large investments in new tramways in the coming year.

Transit expansion plans, of course, vary by metropolitan area. Among regions in the US and Canada, New York has by far the largest number of line kilometers of light or heavy rail, followed by the Bay Area, Mexico City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, and Toronto.

But New York actually has fewer active heavy rail lines in service than it did in 1950. And neither it nor Chicago has added much light rail or subway service since the turn of the millennium. Neither has any major expansion plans actually funded for completion over the next five years, either.

Los Angeles, Montreal, Seattle, and Toronto, on the other hand, stand out as having the largest transit expansion plans in terms of new route kilometers that are currently under construction or planned, meaning projects are funded and almost ready for construction.

And when controlling for urban area population, New York is arguably an under-performer when it comes to overall transit route length. The New York urban area currently has fewer light or heavy rail kilometers per capita than the Baltimore, Bay Area, Denver, Philadelphia, San Diego, St. Louis, and Washington, DC regions. It goes to show that having the maximum amount of transit route length isn’t necessarily directly correlated with having the most transit ridership; the New York area carries more people on transit than all those regions combined.

But New York, as noted, also stands out for having no light rail or subway projects that are either under construction or funded. This situation contrasts strongly with the Minneapolis and Seattle urban areas, whose rail transit expansion plans are the largest in the US on a per-capita basis.

New York’s limited transit expansion prospects are particularly remarkable when compared to the plans of many other world regions. Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, and Toronto each have many light rail or metro lines under construction today—and many more kilometers planned (Paris is likely to soon overtake London and New York in terms of total kilometers of such routes). London, on the other hand, has none.

Different regions are investing in different ways. Among routes that are currently under construction, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tel Aviv, and Toronto have focused heavily on light rail projects. Cairo, Istanbul, Lagos, Montreal, Paris, and Riyadh are building at least 50 kilometers of metro rail each. And Bogota, Paris, and Rio de Janeiro are building many kilometers of bus rapid transit.

The result of all this expansion is that New York’s once-dominant position as having the world’s longest metro network—a position it claimed from London in the 1910s—has eroded. New York pulled down many of its elevated lines and didn’t do much to expand its Subway network. Meanwhile, London took on the mantle in the 1980s through its expansion with the Docklands Light Railway, and, through systematic, relentless expansion, Moscow took the crown from London in the 2010s. Systems in East Asia are even larger. At the same time, Paris, Cairo, and Istanbul have massive expansion plans with many new lines opening over the next five years.

These conditions overall tell a story of declining US commitment to transit expansion in the context of large growth in other countries around the world. There are some exceptions—Seattle, in particular, has a big investment in new lines planned. But while the world is building out ever more accessible transit systems, the US appears to be falling behind.

Last year, three lines Americans have been waiting on for decades—the Green Line extension in Boston, the Crenshaw Line in Los Angeles, and the Silver Line to Dulles Airport outside Washington—finally opened. Though they took years to be completed, they were greeted enthusiastically by riders and political officials content to bring better service to more people.

Similar reception greeted new rail and bus lines opening in Athens, Cairo, Guadalajara, Helsinki, Paris, and dozens of other cities around the world. And much more is planned for 2023: Finally, Long Island Rail Road service will reach the sub-sub-sub-basement of Grand Central Terminal. Toronto’s Eglinton light rail line will connect the city crosstown. And Honolulu, Gebze, Riyadh, Tel Aviv, and Thessaloniki will get their first metro services.

This year, I leveraged data assembled in the Transit Explorer database to identify which projects opened in 2022, which are planned for opening in 2023, and which will be under construction this year—for a later opening date.

On separate posts, I analyzed trends in transit investments around the world and examined accessibility to transit stations in the US versus Canada, England, and France.

London’s Crossrail project opened in 2022, providing new cross-city connections across the capital. Credit: Geoff Henson on Flickr (cc).

The Transit Explorer database now includes all fixed–guideway urban transit systems (meaning rail and bus rapid transit) across North America, South America, Africa, and nine Western European countries, plus metro systems throughout Europe and in parts of the Middle East. Transit Explorer now includes about 29,200 urban transit stations and about 6,700 urban transit lines (covering 78,000 kilometers). (It also includes some intercity rail systems.) These are the geographies for which I provide details about transit line openings below.

Istanbul’s metro network—spanning continents—is becoming one of the world’s largest. Bogota is a bus rapid transit haven—but a new metro system is planned.

Data can be viewed freely on Transit Explorer or purchased for non-commercial use in Shapefile, GeoJSON, and CSV formats for those who would like to use the data for research or other uses, such as in Excel, R, ArcGIS, or QGIS.

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Previous compilations of new and planned transit projects on The Transport Politic can be found here: 2009 | 2010 | 2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

New transit investments completed in 2022

Overall, 517 kilometers of new fixed-guideway urban transit services opened in 2022 across the countries covered by the Transit Explorer database. Of these, the countries with the largest increases in kilometers were the United States (196 kilometers); Egypt (77 kilometers); Mexico (60 kilometers); France (39 kilometers); and the United Kingdom (34 kilometers).

Azerbaijan

• Baku: 2 km Purple Line metro extension from Avtovagzal to Khojasan

Canada

• Montreal: Creation of 11 km SRB Pie-IX bus rapid transit route through the east side of the city

Denmark

• Odense: Creation of 14 km first phase of the Letbane tramway system

Egypt

• Cairo:
  • Line 3 metro extension west to Kit Kat (4 km)
  • Creation of 72 km Cairo Light Rail system (really a metro system) heading east into the new capital area

Finland

• Helsinki: 7 km extension of the M1 metro line

France

• Paris:
  • M4 extension 1.8 km south to Bagneux
  • M12 extension 1.9 km north to Aubervilliers
  • Creation of 19 km Tramway 13 Express, a new circumferential line on the west side of the region
• Rennes: Creation of new 13 km Line B automated light metro
• Toulouse: Creation of 3 km Teleo aerial tram line

Greece

• Athens: Extension of metro line 3 by 3 km

Italy

• Milan: Opening of the first phase of automated M4 light metro, 5.5 km from the airport into the city

Israel

• Haifa: Creation of Rakavlit aerial tram line (4 km)

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg: Extension of T1 tramway by 1.2 km to the south

Mauritius

• Port Louis: 10 km extension of the Metro Express light rail system to the south

Mexico

• Guadalajara: Creation of 41.5 km Mi Macro Periferico bus rapid transit line, a circumferential route around the city
• Mexico: 18 km extension of Mexibus Linea 1 bus rapid transit line in the northern suburbs

Poland

• Warsaw: Extension of M2 metro line west and east, totaling 6 km

Spain

• Valencia: Creation of L10 tramway, 5 km

Turkiye

• Bursa: Creation of 8 km T2 tramway line
• Istanbul:
  • 8 km extension of M4 to Asian-side airport
  • 1.5 km extension of M7
  • Creation of F4 funicular system, a 1 km line

United Kingdom

• Birmingham: 1.3 km extension of the West Midlands Metro light rail system through the centre city
• London:
  • Opening of Elizabeth Line regional rail central segment, a 28 km route, mostly in subway, through the center of the city
  • Extension of the 4.5 km extension of the Overground to Barking Riverside

United States

• Birmingham: Creation of 16 km Xpress BRT route, which includes some dedicated bus lanes
• Boston: Opening of Green Line extension into Somerville and Medford, along two branches, totaling 7 km
• El Paso: Creation of 31 km Brio Montana arterial rapid transit route
• Los Angeles: Opening of 10 km first phase of K/Crenshaw Line, a light rail route extending from the Expo Line
• Minneapolis: Opening of 27 km D Line arterial rapid transit route
• Philadelphia: 5 km extension of SEPTA Regional Rail to Wawa
• Phoenix: Opening of 5.5 km Tempe Streetcar
• Portland: Opening of 24 km Division Frequent Express bus rapid transit route
• St. Petersburg: Creation of SunRunner Central Avenue BRT, a 28.5 km bus rapid transit line
• San Bernardino: Opening of Arrow Redlands Passenger Rail Project, a 14 km route extending Metrolink
• San Francisco:
  • Opening of 2.3 km Central Subway, a new light rail route through the city center
  • Creation of Van Ness Avenue BRT, 3 km of dedicated bus lanes
• Washington DC: Opening of second phase of Silver Line, an 18 km extension that includes access to Dulles Airport

Planned 2023 openings

Almost 1,100 kilometers of fixed-guideway urban transit is planned to open in 2023 in the parts of the world covered by Transit Explorer. Of these, about half will be in the form of metro rail services. The countries with the largest expansions planned for opening are the United States (242 kilometers); Saudi Arabia (169 kilometers); Turkiye (127 kilometers); Mexico (98 kilometers); and Canada (78 kilometers). That said, all investments aren’t equal: 57 percent of new US route kilometers will be bus rapid transit or arterial rapid transit. In many other countries, new kilometers are much more likely to be metro rail or light rail services: Saudi Arabia (100 percent); Turkiye (83 percent); and Canada (93 percent).

Brasil

• Rio de Janeiro: TransBrasil, 32 km bus rapid transit route

Canada

• Edmonton: First phase of Valley Line, 13 km light rail route
• Montreal: First phase of REM to the South Shore, a 17 km automated light metro route
• Ottawa:
  • Trillium Line South: 14 km light rail route extension to the airport, including electrification of existing diesel line
  • Rapibus Lorrain Extension: 3 km line in Gatineau, an Ottawa suburb
• Toronto:
  • Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown, a 19 km new light rail route including some subway sections
  • Line 6 Finch West LRT, a 10 km light rail route in the city’s northwest
• Vancouver: R6 RapidBus, a bus rapid transit line in Surrey

Chile

• Santiago:
  • Line 2, extension to El Pino, 5 km
  • Line 3, extension to Plaza de Quilicura, 3 km
  • Creation of Teleferico Bicentenario, 3 km aerial tram

Egypt

• Cairo
  • Line 3, 6 km extension to Cairo University
  • Line 3, 7 km extension to Rod el-Farag

France

• Angers: Creation of 8 km tramway B/C
• Bordeaux: Tramway A extension, 5 km to airport
• Lyon: Metro B extension, 2.5 km to the southwest
• Paris:
  • M11 eastern extension from Les Lilas, 6 km
  • Extension of Tramway 3b to Porte Dauphine, 3 km
  • Creation of Tramway 10, 8 km
  • Creation of Tramway 12 Express, 20 km on route partly within urban areas, partly on former rail alignment

Greece

• Thessaloniki: Creation of Metro Lines 1 and 2, 14 km automated light metro

Israel

• Tel Aviv: Creation of 24 km Red Line light rail corridor, which includes some subway segments through the city

Italy

• Catania: 3 km extensions of the Metropolitana system
• Genova: 0.9 km extension of the automated light metro Metropolitana to Canepari
• Milan: Extension of M4 9 km into the city center
• Naples: 3.5 km extension of Line 6 light metro line

Mexico

• Mexico:
  • Line 12 extension along 4 km
  • Creation of Cablebus Line 3 aerial tramway, 5 km
  • Creation of Mexicable Line 2 aerial tramway, 8 km
  • Creation of commuter line to Valle de Mexico, 59 km
  • Extension of the northern commuter line to AIFA, 22 km

Netherlands

• Rotterdam: Extension of Line B metro to Hoek van Holland, 2 km

Nigeria

• Lagos:
  • Creation of 26 km Blue Line metro
  • Creation of 32 km Red Line metro

Panama

• Panama: Line 2, 2 km extension to the airport

Russia

• Moscow
  • Extension of metro line 8A, 5 km
  • Extension of metro line 10, 6 km
  • Extensions of metro line 11, 19 km
  • Creation of metro line 16, 15 km line

Saudi Arabia

• Riyadh: Six-line automated metro network, extending 170 kilometers across the Saudi capital

Senegal

• Dakar: Extension of the Train express régional commuter rail to AIBD, 19 km

Spain

• Madrid: Metro L3 extension to El Casar, 4 km
• Malaga: Extension of L1/L2 tramway, 1 km

Turkiye

• Ankara: 3.5 km extension of M4 metro to 15 Temmuz Kizilay Milli Irade
• Gebze: Creation of 16 km M1 metro
• Istanbul:
  • M3 extensions to Barkirkoy IDO (8.5 km) and Kayasehir Merkez (6 km)
  • M5 extension to Sancaktepe Sehir Hastanesi (3 km)
  • Creation of M8 metro, 14 km
  • M9 extension to Atakoy, 11 km
  • M11 extensions to Gayrettepe (3 km) and Halkali (33 km)
  • Tramway T5 extension to Eminonu, 1 km
  • Creation of T6 tramway, 8.5 km
• Izmir:
  • M1 metro extension to Kaymakamlik hatti, 7 km
  • T1 tramway extension, 1.5 km
  • Creation of T3 tramway, 10 km

United Kingdom

• Birmingham: West Midlands Metro Wolverhampton City Centre Loop, 0.6 km light rail extension
• Blackpool: Tramway extension to the station, 0.5 km
• Edinburgh: 4.5 km trams extension to Newhaven
• London: Creation of Luton Airport DART, 2 km line linking to National Rail

United States

• Albany: Opening of 14 km Washington-Western (Purple Line) bus rapid transit
• Austin:
  • Expo Center arterial rapid transit line, 22 km
  • Pleasant Valley arterial rapid transit line, 24 km
• Boston: First phase of South Coast rail project, a 60 km commuter rail line
• Chicago: Creation of the 25 km Pace Pulse Dempster bus rapid transit line
• Los Angeles: Opening of downtown’s 3 km Regional Connector subway, which will service the C, E, and L lines
• New York: Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project, running in a new subway from Queens to Grand Central Terminal
• Honolulu: First phase of Honolulu’s rail line, 17 km
• Miami: TriRail’s Downtown Miami Link, a 14 km route running partly along Brightline’s intercity rail corridor
• Milwaukee:
  • 15 km East-West bus rapid transit line
  • Extension of streetcar with 1 km Lakefront Line
• Oklahoma City: Opening of 16 km RAPID NW arterial rapid transit line
• Philadelphia: Reopening and extension of Line 15 trolley
• Portland: Creation of The Vine Mill Plain, a new 17 km bus rapid transit route in Vancouver, Washington
• Salt Lake: 9 km Ogden/Weber State University bus rapid transit line
• San Diego: 19 km Iris Rapid arterial rapid transit line
• Seattle:
  • Extension of Line T streetcar, 4 km into Tacoma
  • Creation of 13 km Delridge/East Marginal RapidRide H bus rapid transit route
• Spokane: Creation of 9 km City Line bus rapid transit route
• Washington DC: 1 km Pentagon City Transitway extension, running bus rapid transit further into Arlington

Under construction in 2023

Among the countries in the Transit Explorer database, there will be roughly 1,900 kilometers of new fixed–guideway urban transit projects under construction in 2023, but planned to be opened after 2023. About 43 percent of those kilometers will be in the form of metro services. 554 kilometers will be under construction in the United States, 305 kilometers in France, and 172 kilometers in Canada.

Algeria

• Algiers:
  • Metro line 1 airport extension, 9 km, opening 2026
  • Metro line 1 Baraki extension, 6 km, opening 2025

Argentina

• Buenos Aires: Belgrano Sur commuter rail line, 4 km extension

Austria

• Vienna:
  • U2 metro extension to Matzleinsdorferplatz, 4 km, opening 2028
  • U5 metro extension, 0.7 km, opening 2026

Azerbaijan

• Baku:
  • Green Line metro extension to Mohammed Hadi, 10 km
  • Purple Line metro extension to B-4 station, 1 km

Belarus

• Minsk: Zelenaluzhskaya Line metro extension to Slutsk Gastinets, 4 km, opening 2024

Belgium

• Antwerpen: Antwerpse premetro Kerkstraat route, 2 km, opening 2026
• Brussels: T10 tram, linking Rogier to Neder-Over-Heembeek, opening 2024
• Charleroi: Metro Châtelet Branch (light rail), 4 km, opening 2026
• Liège: New tramway, 12 km, opening 2024

Brasil

• Curitiba: Linha Verde bus rapid transit, 5.5 km
• Fortaleza: Linha Leste metro, 6 km, opening 2024
• Rio de Janeiro: Line 4 extensions, 3 km
• Salvador:
  • Line 1 metro extension, 4.5 km
  • Linha Laranja monorail project, 21 km
  • Linha Verde monorail project, 2 km
• Sao Paulo:
  • Line 2 metro extension, 9 km, opening 2026
  • Line 6 metro new line creation, 16 km, opening 2026
  • Line 17 monorail project, 8.5 km, opening 2024
  • Line 9 Mendes-Varginha commuter rail line extension, 2.5 km

Bulgaria

• Sofia: M3 metro extension to Vladimir Vazov, 4 km

Canada

• Calgary: Green Line light rail phase 1, 24 km, opening 2027
• Edmonton:
  • Valley Line stage 2 west light rail, 21 km, opening 2027
  • Metro Line northwest extension phase I light rail, 1 km, opening 2025
• Montreal:
  • Blue Line metro extension, 6 km, opening 2026
  • REM automated light metro central segment, plus Deux Montagnes, Western, and Airport branches, 65 km, opening 2024
• Ottawa:
  • Confederation Line east light rail, 16 km, opening 2024
  • Confederation Line west light rail, 19 km, opening 2025
• Toronto:
  • Hurontario light rail project (Hazel McCallion Line), 21.5 km, opening 2024
  • Ontario Line automated metro, 18 km, opening 2030
  • Line 5 Eglinton West light rail extension, 11.5 km, opening 2025
  • Scarborough metro subway extension, 8 km, opening 2030
• Vancouver: Broadway automated light metro subway to Arbutus, 8 km, opening 2026

Chile

• Santiago:
  • Line 6 metro extension to Isidora Goyenechea, 1 km, opening 2027
  • Line 7 creation of new metro line, 29 km, opening 2027

Colombia

• Bogota:
  • Line 1 metro new line, 24 km, opening 2028
  • RegioTram de Occidente new regional rail line, 40 km, opening 2024
  • Avenida 68 bus rapid transit route, 17 km, opening 2026
  • NQS Sur bus rapid transit extension, 4.5 km
• Medellin: Calle 12 Sur bus rapid transit extension, 1.5 km

Czechia

• Prague: Line D metro extension, 1.5 km, opening 2029

Denmark

• Copenhagen:
  • M4 automated light metro extension to Ny Ellebjerg, 7 km, opening 2024
  • Hovedstadens Letbane new tramway line, 35 km, opening 2025

Egypt

• Cairo: Cairo Light Rail Transit (metro) extensions, 22 km

France

• Bordeaux: Bordeaux-St-Aubin-Medoc bus rapid transit line, 29 km, opening 2024
• Montpellier: Tramway 5, 16 km, opening 2025
• Nice: Center city bus rapid transit line, 11.5 km, opening 2025
• Paris:
  • M14 automated metro south extension, 14 km, opening 2024
  • M14 automated metro north extension, 1.5 km, opening 2024
  • M15 automated metro south line, 45 km, opening 2025
  • M16/M17 automated metro shared route, 9 km, opening 2026
  • M16 automated metro phase 1, 19 km, opening 2026
  • M16 automated metro phase 2, 8 km, opening 2028
  • M17 automated metro phase 1, 3 km, opening 2026
  • M17 automated metro phase 2, 10 km, opening 2028
  • M18 automated metro phase 1, 27 km, opening 2027
  • RER E regional rail west extension, 78 km, opening 2025
  • Tramway 1 east extension to Val-de-Fontenay, 9.5 km, opening 2026
  • T Zen 2 bus rapid transit line, 24 km, opening 2027
  • T Zen 3 bus rapid transit line, 15 km, opening 2024
  • T Zen 4 bus rapid transit line, 18.5 km, opening 2024
  • CDG Express regional rail airport express, 13 km, opening 2027
• Toulouse: M3 new automated metro line, 32 km, opening 2028

Germany

• Hamburg:
  • U4 metro extension to Horner Geest, 3 km, opening 2026
  • U5 new metro line, from Bramfeld-City Nord, 8 km, opening 2030
• Munich: U5 metro extension to Pasing, 4.5 km, opening 2030
• Nurenberg: U3 metro extension to Gebersdorf, 3 km, opening 2026

Greece

• Athens: Line 4 metro, 13 km, opening 2030

Israel

• Jerusalem:
  • Red Line tramway extensions to Neve Yaakov and Hadassah, 7 km, opening 2025
  • Green Line new tramway line, 22 km, opening 2025
• Tel Aviv:
  • Purple Line new light rail line, 30 km, opening 2028
  • Green Line new light rail line, 40 km, opening 2028

Italy

• Bologna: Line 1 tramway new line, 23 km, opening 2026
• Cagliari: Line 1 tramway extension to FS station, 3 km, opening 2024
• Florence: T2 tramway extension, 3 km
• Genova: Metropolitana automated light metro extension to Martinez, 1 km, opening 2024
• Milan: M1 metro extension to Monza Bettola, 2 km, opening 2024
• Naples:
  • Line 1 metro extensions, 10.5 km, opening 2024
  • Line 7 metro, 6 km
  • Line 10 automated light metro, 14 km
  • Linea 11 metro to Giugliano-Aversa, 15 km
• Rome: C automated light metro extension to Fori Imperiali, 4 km, opening 2024
• Turin
  • Line 1 automated light metro extension to Cascine Vica, 5 km, opening 2024
  • Line 3 commuter rail connection to Caselle Aeroporto, 2 km
  • Alba-Ceres commuter rail connection, 4 km

Ivory Coast

• Abidjan: Metro, 36 km, opening 2025

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg: Tramway T1 extensions, 10 km, opening 2024

Mexico

• Guadalajara: Line 4 commuter rail, 22.5 km, opening 2024

Morocco

• Casablanca:
  • T3 tramway new line, 13 km, opening 2024
  • T4 tramway new line, 16.5 km, opening 2024

Netherlands

• Amsterdam: Tramway extension, 1 km

Norway

• Oslo: Fornebubanen metro line, 12.5 km, opening 2027

Panama

• Panama: Line 3 monorail new line, 26 km, opening 2025

Peru

• Lima:
  • Line 2 new line, 27 km, opening 2024
  • Line 4 metro to Gambetta, 8 km

Portugal

• Lisbon: Green Line metro extension, 3 km, opening 2024
• Porto:
  • Line D tramway extension, 3.5 km, opening 2024
  • Linha Rosa (G) tramway, 3 km, opening 2025

Romania

• Bucarest: M2 metro extension to Tudor Arghezi, 2 km

South Africa

• Johannesburg: Rea Vaya Phase 1C bus rapid transit routes, 17 km, opening 2024

Spain

• Barcelona:
  • L9/L10 automated metro central section, 11 km
  • Trambaix-Trambesòs tramway connection, 2.5 km, opening 2024
• Madrid:
  • L5 metro extension to Barajas Airport, 2 km, opening 2024
  • L11 metro extension to Conde de Casal, 7 km, opening 2026
• San Sebastian: Metro Donostialdea Topo E2 extension, 5 km, opening 2024
• Sevilla: MetroCentro tramway extension, 2 km

Sweden

• Stockholm:
  • Lines 10/11 metro extensions to Nacka and Sockenplan, 16 km, opening 2030
  • Line 11 metro extension to Barkarby, 7 km, opening 2026
  • Yellow Line metro, 5 km, opening 2027

Turkiye

• Ankara: Ankaray metro extension to Sogutozu, 1 km
• Bursa: BursaRay light rail extension to Sehir Hastanesi, 5.5 km, opening 2024
• Istanbul:
  • M1B metro extension to Halkali, 11 km, opening 2024
  • M4 metro extension to Icemeler, 9 km
  • M5 metro extension to Sultanbeyli, 9 km, opening 2024
  • M7 metro extension to Kabatas, 4 km, opening 2024
  • M7 metro extension to Hastane, 9 km, opening 2025
  • M7 metro extension to Esenyurt Meydan, 14 km, opening 2029
  • M10 metro extension to Pendik Center, 5 km
  • M12 metro new line, 15 km, opening 2024
• Izmir: M2 metro new line, 15 km, opening 2026
• Mersin: M1 metro new line, 15.5 km, opening 2026

Ukraine

• Dnipro: Dnipro Metro extension, 6 km, opening 2024
• Kyiv: M3 metro extension to Marshala Hrechka, 6.5 km

United Kingdom

• Birmingham:
  • Eastside Metro Extension light rail, 2.5 km, opening 2025
  • West Midlands Metro Wednesbury to Brierley Hill light rail extension, 14.5 km, opening 2024

United States

• Atlanta: Summerhill bus rapid transit line, 6 km, opening 2024
• Chicago:
  • West Lake South Shore line commuter rail extension, 12 km, opening 2026
  • Northwest Indiana Double Track project, expanding the South Shore line’s commuter rail tracks along 54 km, opening 2024
• Bay Area:
  • SMART regional rail phase 2 to Windsor, 5 km, opening 2024
  • VTA light rail Eastridge to BART Regional Connector (San Jose), 4 km, opening 2027
• Dallas: Silver Line regional rail line, 51 km, opening 2024
• Honolulu: Honolulu automated light metro phase 2, 16.5 km, opening 2031
• Houston: 56 Airline/Montrose BOOST arterial rapid transit line, 3 km
• Indianapolis: Purple Line bus rapid transit, 19 km, opening 2024
• Kansas City:
  • Main Street streetcar extension to UMO-KC, 6 km, opening 2025
  • Riverfront streetcar extension, 2 km, opening 2025
• Los Angeles:
  • D Line (Purple) metro extension, phase 1, 7.5 km, opening 2024
  • D Line (Purple) metro extension, phase 2, 5.5 km, opening 2025
  • D Line (Purple) metro extension, phase 3, 4 km, opening 2027
  • L Line (Gold) light rail phase 2B to Pomona, 17.5 km, opening 2025
  • L Line (Gold) light rail phase 2B to Montclair, 6 km, opening 2028
  • LAX Airport Connector automated light metro, 4 km, opening 2024
  • OC Streetcar Santa Ana/Garden Grove, 9 km, opening 2024
  • Crenshaw Line light rail phase 2, 4 km, opening 2024
• Miami: South Dade TransitWay Corridor bus rapid transit (renovation of existing corridor), 32 km, opening 2024
• Minneapolis:
  • Southwest Corridor/Green Line light rail extension, 29 km, opening 2026
  • Gateway Corridor Gold Line bus rapid transit, 24 km, opening 2025
  • B Line arterial rapid transit, opening 2024
• Monterey: Monterey County commuter rail extension, 67 km, opening 2024
• New York:
  • Lackawanna Cut-Off commuter rail (New Jersey Transit) phase 1, 15 km, opening 2026
  • Penn Station Access commuter rail (Metro North), 27 km, opening 2027
  • Portal North Bridge commuter rail (Amtrak/New Jersey Transit), 6 km, opening 2027
• Orlando: SunRail regional rail phase 2 north, 19 km, opening 2024
• Phoenix:
  • Northwest light rail phase 2, 3 km, opening 2024
  • South Central light rail corridor, 9 km, opening 2024
• Seattle:
  • East Link Blue Line light rail, 29 km, opening 2024
  • Center City Connector streetcar, 2 km, opening 2025
  • Lynnwood Link light rail extension, 15 km, opening 2024
  • Federal Way Link light rail extension, 13 km, opening 2024
  • Downtown Redmond Link light rail extension, 7 km, opening 2024
  • Madison St RapidRide G bus rapid transit, 6 km, opening 2024
  • Swift Orange Line arterial rapid transit, 21 km, opening 2024
• Washington DC: Purple Line light rail, 31 km, opening 2026

Venezuela

• Caracas:
  • Line 5 metro, 9.5 km
  • MetroCable La Dolorita aerial tram, 4 km
  • Metro de Los Teques Line 2 extension, 10 km
• Valencia: Line 2 light rail extension, 2.5 km