Youngstown, Ohio is a city located in the Mahoning Valley region of northeast Ohio. As a medium-sized city, Youngstown provides its residents with various transportation options. The city is served by two bus systems, Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA) and the Mahoning and Trumbull County Transit System (MCTS). WRTA operates many bus routes throughout the City of Youngstown and offers direct services to Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Akron, Canton and other nearby cities. The MCTS also operates local bus routes within the city as well as a shuttle service to Akron-Canton airport.
In terms of rail transport, Amtrak's Capitol Limited Line runs through Youngstown on its route between Chicago and Washington D.C., providing passengers with access to larger cities along the way. Additionally, Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport offers flights to several destinations across the United States such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Las Vegas and Orlando. For those who prefer to drive their own car around town or outside of it, there are plenty of highways that pass through Youngstown including I-80 which connects Ohio to Pennsylvania.
The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. The average one-way commute in Youngstown takes 19.4 minutes. That's shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
How people in Youngstown get to work:
- 77.0% drive their own car alone
- 10.4% carpool with others
- 3.3% work from home
- 3.4% take mass transit