Editing San Juan, Puerto Rico (section)

=== Public transport ===
{{See also|Tren Urbano|Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority}}
[[File:Estación Universidad - Tren Urbano.jpg|left|thumb|[[Universidad station (Puerto Rico)|Universidad station]]]]

At 4,300 vehicles per paved mile, San Juan has by far the highest density of vehicles on the road of any city in the world.<ref>[http://www.businessregisterpr.com/search?transportation=true Highest auto density in the world] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101191502/http://www.businessregisterpr.com/search?transportation=true |date=January 1, 2010 }}</ref> The city is served by five limited-access expressways and highways and numerous arterial avenues and boulevards but continues to suffer from severe traffic congestion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dollarman.com/puertorico/sanjuan.html|title=About Puerto Rico...San Juan|publisher=Dollarman.com|access-date=2007-05-11|archive-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306095212/http://www.dollarman.com/puertorico/sanjuan.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Puerto Rico Metropolitan Bus Authority|Metropolitan Bus Authority]] (''Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses'' or ''AMA'' in Spanish) provides daily bus transportation to residents of San Juan, Guaynabo, Bayamón, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto, Cataño and Carolina through 30 fixed routes. Its fleet consists of 277 regular buses and 35 handicap-accessible buses. AMA's ridership is estimated at 112,000 on weekdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dtop.gobierno.pr/AMA/Amades_e.htm|title=AMA: Descripción|publisher=Departamento de Transportación Publica|language=es|year=2006|access-date=2007-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502004203/http://www.dtop.gobierno.pr/AMA/Amades_e.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=May 2, 2007}}</ref>

[[File:SanJuan-Condado-IslaVerde.gif|thumb|The T5, 21 and 53 buses pass between Old San Juan, Condado and Isla Verde.]]

In an attempt to decrease vehicle dependency and road congestion, the city built a [[rapid transit|metro]] system dubbed "[[Tren Urbano]]" ("Urban Train"). The {{convert|10.7|mi|adj=on}} line connects to 16&nbsp;stations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alternativa de Transporte Integrado homepage|publisher=Departamento de Trasportación Publica|year=2006|url=http://www.ati.gobierno.pr/|language=es|access-date=2007-05-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505011816/http://www.ati.gobierno.pr/|archive-date=May 5, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The project, which opened in late 2004, cost $2.25&nbsp;billion and was more than $1&nbsp;billion over budget and four years late. The Tren Urbano has received less ridership than was originally projected and has not significantly reduced the city's automobile traffic, despite a reported 7.5% ridership increase in 2006 over 2005. There is a planned project to build an "interurban light rail system" connecting the cities of [[San Juan-Caguas Rail|San Juan and Caguas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n15/CBCaguasSanJuan.html |title=Caguas To San Juan In 15 Minutes |publisher=Puerto Rico Herald |year=2007 |access-date=2007-05-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203704/http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n15/CBCaguasSanJuan.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Increased investment in public transportation, however, has not changed the fact that San Juan is an [[Automobile dependency|automobile-reliant]] city and its fast growth has sparked [[urban sprawl]]. As of mid-2010, the government has approved plans for a redesign of this Puerto Rican city, featuring a new [[mass transit]] system, new roads and intersections, and more beach-access points. [[Road space rationing|No cars]] will be allowed inside the oldest part of city (Old San Juan). The plans hope to remedy previous poor urban planning in the oldest section of the city, the Isleta, while curbing reliance on motor vehicles. The plans for redevelopment also hope to make the city more appealing in order to attract new residents, as San Juan has suffered from a shrinking population over the past 60 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/sanjuannews/docs/finalreportsummary_walkablecity_july3-final|title=Walkable City San Juan|publisher=Issuu|year=2010|access-date=2010-08-10|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003180221/https://issuu.com/sanjuannews/docs/finalreportsummary_walkablecity_july3-final|url-status=live}}</ref>