10. Hoboken has among the highest rate of public transportation use of any city
Hoboken has one of the highest rates of public transportation use in the nation, as about 56% of workers commute daily via mass transit. Many pass through Hoboken Terminal, the ninth-busiest railroad station in North America and the second-busiest railroad station in New Jersey. The transportation hub is served by nine New Jersey Transit lines, a Metro-North line, the PATH train, and other light rail and bus lines. The terminal was built on the land where John Stevens operated his short-lived steamboat ferry, and the structure dates back to 1907 for the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad.
In 1930, Thomas Edison was in attendance for the first departure of an electric multiple-unit train. The station was also one of the first to install air conditioning, and it was known for its clock tower, which was taken down to extract its copper for World War II. Hoboken would service cities across the nation, though, with the rise of Amtrak, the final train connecting Hoboken and Chicago departed in 1970. The station also suffered a blow after the decline of the Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway. The terminal’s iconic clock tower, visible from across the Hudson, was rebuilt during renovations in the mid-2000s, and its Beaux-Arts interior and exterior were renovated as well, preserving its Tiffany stained glass.
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