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Comparison of Medium Sized Urban Areas:
Demographics & Public Transport
(Le Havre, Ft. Wayne & Peoria)

Item Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Peoria, Illinois, USA
Urbanized Area      
Population 236,051 248,424 242,353
Land Area (Square Miles) 37.8 104.1 140.0
Population per Square Mile 6,243 2,386 1,731
Land Area (Square Kilometers) 98.0 269.8 362.9
Population per Square Kilometer 2,409 921 668
Central City      
Population 190,924 173,072 113,504
Land Area (Square Miles) 18.1 62.7 43.1
Population per Square Mile 10,529 2,760 2,634
Land Area (Square Kilometers) 47.0 162.5 111.7
Population per Square Kilometer 4,062 1,065 1,016
Central Area Equal to Le Havre in Size (18 Square Miles)    
Population per Square Mile 10,529 5,019 4,748
Population per Square Kilometer 4,062 1,936 1,832
Outside Central Area (Outside 18 Square Miles)    
Population per Square Mile 2,294 1,824 1,291
Population per Square Kilometer 885 704 498
Employment      
Central Business District Employment 25,000 19,022 17,863
% of Employment in CBD 36.2% 16.8% 15.9%
Public Transport      
Annual Boardings 24,498,000 1,599,000 2,077,100
Annual Boardings per Inhabitant 103.8 6.4 8.6
Market Share (Motorized): 1992, 1998, 1998 (See Note) 13.2% 0.2% 0.4%
Annual Vehicle Miles 5,162,000 1,450,000 1,794,000
Vehicle Miles per Square Mile 136,530 13,929 12,814
Annual Vehicle Kilometers 8,310,000 2,335,000 2,888,000
Vehicle Kilometers per Square Kilometer 84,796 8,654 7,959
Central Business District (CBD) Orientation of Public Transport System (2000) 12 of 13 bus routes serve CBD. 13th interfaces with others at a transfer center. One peak only route to a non-CBD industrial area. Over 98 percent of ridership is on routes serving the CBD. Funicular railway serves CBD. All 18 bus routes serve CBD. 9 of 11 bus routes serve CBD. Two other routes meet CBD oriented routes.
Comparisons to Le Havre      
Urbanized Area Population 1.00 1.05 1.03
Urbanized Area Population Density 1.00 0.38 0.28
Density of Central Area 1.00 0.48 0.45
Density Outside Central Area 1.00 0.80 0.56
CBD Employment Share 1.00 0.46 0.44
Public Transport Trips per Inhabitant 1.00 0.07 0.08
Public Transport Market Share 1.00 0.06 0.08
Public Transport Service per Sq. Mile 1.00 0.10 0.09
Year of Data (Except as otherwise noted) 1999 1990 1990
Note: Le Havre's public transport market share (motorized) of 13.2 percent is nearly 50 percent higher than that of the New York City metropolitan area (9.3 percent), which is the highest in the United States. Le Havre's public transport market share is nearly three times that of second ranking Honolulu (4.6 percent).

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