There are dozens of transit projects under construction throughout North America. Use this table to be directed automatically to a map of each project on Transit Explorer (by clicking on the link for each project’s title), where you can find additional information about current, proposed, and planned investments in the U.S. The table is searchable and sortable. The table is updated as of January 2019, see Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2019 for more details.
| Mode | Region | Project | Miles | Cost ($) | Cost/ Mile | Construct | Daily riders | Riders/ Mile | Grade | ROW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rail | Bay Area CA | BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension | 10 | 2400 | 240 | 2013-2019 | 46000 | 4600 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Bay Area CA | East Bay BRT | 9.5 | 176 | 19 | 2015-2019 | 36000 | 3789 | At grade | Independent (mostly) |
| Light Rail | Bay Area CA | Central Subway | 1.7 | 1578 | 928 | 2013-2019 | 35100 | 20647 | Subway | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Bay Area CA | Van Ness Avenue BRT | 2 | 309 | 155 | 2016-2021 | 25000 | 12500 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Bay Area CA | Geary BRT | 6.6 | 35 | 5 | 2018-2021 | 94000 | 14242 | At grade | Semi-Independent |
| Commuter Rail DMU | Bay Area CA | SMART Train Phase 2 | 2.1 | 43 | 21 | 2017-2019 | 800 | 381 | At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Boston MA | Green Line Extension | 4.7 | 2300 | 489 | 2013-2021 | 45000 | 9574 | At grade (mostly) | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Calgary AB | Southwest Transitway | 13.7 | 304 | 22 | 2016-2019 | 46000 | 3358 | At grade | Semi-Independent |
| Streetcar | Charlotte NC | CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 2 | 2.5 | 150 | 60 | 2017-2020 | 5700 | 2280 | At grade | Shared |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Chicago IL | Pace Pulse Milwaukee Line | 7.6 | 14 | 2 | 2017-2019 | 4100 | 539 | At grade | Shared |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Chicago IL | Pace Pulse Dempster | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2019-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Commuter Rail DMU | Dallas TX | TEX Rail | 27.2 | 996 | 37 | 2016-2019 | 13700 | 504 | At grade | Independent |
| Commuter Rail | Dallas TX | Cotton Belt | 26 | 1100 | 42 | 2019-2022 | At grade | Independent | ||
| Commuter Rail EMU | Denver CO | North Metro Phase 1 (N) | 13 | 343 | 26 | 2014-2020 | At grade (mostly) | Independent | ||
| Light Rail | Denver CO | Southeast Rail Extension | 2.3 | 233 | 101 | 2016-2019 | 6600 | 2870 | At grade | Independent |
| Commuter Rail EMU | Denver CO | Gold Line (G) | 11.2 | 2100 | 188 | 2012-2019 | 18000 | 1607 | At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Edmonton AB | Valley Line Stage 1 Southeast | 8.1 | 1800 | 222 | 2016-2020 | 42000 | 5185 | Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | El Paso TX | Brio Alameda Corridor | 12.2 | 36 | 3 | 2016-2019 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | El Paso TX | Brio Dyer Corridor | 10.2 | 36 | 4 | 2017-2019 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Grand Rapids MI | Laker Line | 13.3 | 71 | 5 | 2019-2020 | 4400 | 331 | At grade | Shared |
| Light Rail | Guadalajara MX | Linea 3 | 13.3 | 994 | 75 | 2014-2019 | 348000 | 26165 | Elevated/Subway | Independent |
| Heavy Rail Automated | Honolulu HI | Honolulu Rail Transit | 20 | 8165 | 408 | 2011-2020 | 119600 | 5980 | Elevated | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Houston TX | Uptown (Post Oak) BRT | 4.5 | 193 | 43 | 2016-2019 | 19000 | 4222 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Indianapolis IN | IndyGo Red Line | 13.1 | 96 | 7 | 2017-2019 | 11000 | 840 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Indianapolis IN | IndyGO Purple Line | 14.8 | 139 | 9 | 2019-2021 | 9600 | 649 | At grade | Independent (mostly) |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Kansas City MO | Prospect Avenue MAX | 54 | 2018-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||||
| Light Rail | Los Angeles CA | Crenshaw Line | 8.5 | 2058 | 242 | 2014-2020 | 16000 | 1882 | Elevated/Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Heavy Rail | Los Angeles CA | Purple Line Extension Phase 1 | 3.9 | 2840 | 728 | 2014-2023 | 16800 | 4308 | Subway | Independent |
| Light Rail | Los Angeles CA | Regional Connector | 1.9 | 1756 | 924 | 2014-2021 | 90000 | 47368 | Subway | Independent |
| Heavy Rail | Los Angeles CA | Purple Line Extension Phase 2 | 2.6 | 2477 | 953 | 2018-2025 | 36100 | 13885 | Subway | Independent |
| Heavy Rail | Los Angeles CA | Purple Line Extension Phase 3 | 2.5 | 2000 | 800 | 2018-2026 | Subway | Independent | ||
| Light Rail | Los Angeles CA | Foothill Gold Line Extension to Montclair | 12.3 | 1500 | 122 | 2017-2027 | At grade | Independent | ||
| Streetcar | Los Angeles CA | OC Streetcar Santa Ana/Garden Grove | 4.1 | 408 | 100 | 2018-2021 | 7300 | 1780 | At grade | Shared |
| Heavy Rail | Los Angeles CA | LAX Airport Connector | 2.3 | 2700 | 1174 | 2019-2023 | 95000 | 41304 | Elevated | Independent |
| Heavy Rail | Mexico MX | Linea 12 Extension | 2.5 | 153 | 61 | 2016-2021 | 26000 | 10400 | Subway | Independent |
| Commuter Rail | Mexico MX | Tren Interurbano de Pasajeros Toluca-Valle de Mexico | 35.9 | 1978 | 55 | 2014-2018 | 230000 | 6407 | Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Streetcar | Milwaukee WI | Lakefront Line | 0.4 | 29 | 73 | 2017-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Milwaukee WI | East-West BRT | 7 | 54 | 8 | 2019-2020 | 9500 | 1357 | At grade | Semi-Independent |
| Light Rail | Minneapolis MN | Southwest Corridor/Green Line Extension | 14.5 | 1858 | 128 | 2017-2023 | 34000 | 2345 | At grade (mostly) | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Minneapolis MN | C Line | 30 | 2018-2019 | 9000 | At grade | Shared | |||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Minneapolis MN | Orange Line | 17 | 151 | 9 | 2017-2021 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Commuter Rail | Monterey CA | Monterey County Rail Extension | 38 | 137 | 4 | 2018-2022 | At grade | Independent | ||
| Light Rail | Monterrey MX | Linea 3 | 4.7 | 439 | 93 | 2013-2020 | 280000 | 59574 | Elevated/Subway | Independent |
| Automated Heavy Rail | Montreal QC | Reseau Express Metropolitain (REM) | 41.6 | 4480 | 108 | 2018-2023 | 167000 | 4014 | Elevated/Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Montreal QC | SRB Pie-IX | 6.8 | 264 | 39 | 2018-2022 | 70000 | 10294 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Montreal QC | Sauve/Cote-Vertu | 2.9 | 2019-2020 | 40000 | 13793 | At grade | Independent (mostly) | ||
| Commuter Rail | New York NJ | Lackawanna Cutoff Phase 1 | 7.3 | 2014-2020 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Commuter Rail EMU | New York NY | East Side Access | 3 | 10333 | 3444 | 2006-2022 | 162000 | 54000 | Subway | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Omaha NE | Omaha BRT | 8 | 31 | 4 | 2019-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Light Rail | Ottawa ON | Confederation Line | 7.7 | 2100 | 273 | 2013-2019 | 240000 | 31169 | Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Ottawa ON | Trillium Line South | 9.9 | 2019-2021 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Light Rail | Ottawa ON | Confederation Line West | 9.3 | 2019-2023 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Light Rail | Ottawa ON | Confederation Line East | 7.5 | 2019-2022 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Heavy Rail | Panama PA | Linea 2 | 13.1 | 2014-2019 | Elevated | Independent | ||||
| Commuter Rail | Philadelphia PA | Media/Elwyn Extension to Wawa | 3 | 151 | 50 | 2017-2020 | At grade | Independent | ||
| Light Rail | Phoenix AZ | Gilbert Road Extension | 1.9 | 184 | 97 | 2015-2019 | 4000 | 2105 | At grade | Independent |
| Streetcar | Phoenix AZ | Tempe Streetcar | 3 | 202 | 67 | 2017-2021 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Portland OR | Division Transit | 15 | 175 | 12 | 2019-2022 | 10000 | 667 | At grade | Shared |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Reno NV | Virginia Street BRT | 1.8 | 80 | 44 | 2018-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Streetcar | Sacramento CA | Downtown Riverfront Streetcar | 1.2 | 209 | 174 | 2019-2022 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Commuter Rail DMU | San Bernardino | Arrow Redlands Passenger Rail Project | 9 | 285 | 32 | 2019-2021 | 1200 | 133 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | San Diego CA | South Bay Rapid | 26 | 128 | 5 | 2016-2019 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Light Rail | San Diego CA | Mid-Coast Corridor Transit | 10.9 | 2112 | 194 | 2015-2021 | 33800 | 3101 | At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Seattle WA | Northgate Link | 4.3 | 2100 | 488 | 2012-2021 | 60000 | 13953 | Elevated/Subway | Independent |
| Light Rail | Seattle WA | East Link | 14 | 2800 | 200 | 2016-2023 | 50000 | 3571 | Elevated/Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Seattle WA | Swift 2 Green Line | 12.4 | 67 | 5 | 2017-2019 | 4700 | 379 | At grade | Semi-Independent |
| Streetcar | Seattle WA | Center City Connector | 1.3 | 197 | 152 | 2017-2020 | 20100 | 15462 | At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Seattle WA | Lynnwood Link | 8.5 | 3070 | 361 | 2018-2024 | 70000 | 8235 | At grade | Independent |
| Streetcar | Seattle WA | Tacoma Link | 2.4 | 166 | 69 | 2018-2022 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Spokane WA | Central City Line | 6 | 72 | 12 | 2019-2021 | 3000 | 500 | At grade | Shared |
| Bus Rapid Transit | St. Petersburg FL | Central Avenue BRT | 11 | 41 | 4 | 2019-2021 | 5400 | 491 | At grade | Semi-Independent |
| Light Rail | Toronto ON | Eglinton Crosstown | 11.8 | 4990 | 423 | 2011-2021 | 170000 | 14407 | Subway/At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Toronto ON | Viva Next Rapidways Yonge (Phase 1) | 5 | 2015-2020 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Toronto ON | Viva Next Rapidways Yonge (Phase 2) | 1.3 | 2015-2020 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Toronto ON | Viva Rapidway Highway 7 West Phase 2 | 2016-2020 | At grade | Independent | |||||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Toronto ON | Viva Highway 7 Rapidway Phase 2 | 2016-2020 | At grade | Independent | |||||
| Light Rail | Toronto ON | Finch West LRT | 6.8 | 1200 | 176 | 2018-2023 | 40000 | 5882 | At grade | Independent |
| Commuter Rail | Toronto ON | Richmond Hill Line Extension to Bloomington | 82 | 2017-2019 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Commuter Rail | Toronto ON | GO Extension to Niagara Falls | 42.6 | 120 | 3 | 2017-2019 | At grade | Independent | ||
| Commuter Rail | Toronto ON | Lakeshore East Bowmanville Extension | 12.4 | 2019-2024 | At grade | Independent | ||||
| Light Rail | Toronto ON | Hamilton LRT B-Line | 6.7 | 760 | 113 | 2019-2024 | 31000 | 4627 | At grade | Independent |
| Light Rail | Toronto ON | Hurontario LRT | 11.6 | 1000 | 86 | 2018-2022 | 110000 | 9483 | At grade | Independent |
| Heavy Rail | Toronto ON | Scarborough Subway Extension | 3.9 | 3350 | 859 | 2019-2026 | Subway | Independent | ||
| Heavy Rail | Washington DC | Silver Line Phase 2 | 11.4 | 2778 | 244 | 2014-2020 | Elevated/At grade | Independent | ||
| Light Rail | Washington DC | Purple Line | 16.2 | 2100 | 130 | 2017-2022 | 69000 | 4259 | At grade (mostly) | Independent |
| Streetcar | Washington DC | Anacostia Initial Line | 1.1 | 54 | 49 | ?-? | At grade | Semi-Independent | ||
| Bus Rapid Transit | Washington DC | US 29 Flash BRT | 13.5 | 31 | 3 | 2018-2020 | At grade | Shared | ||
| Light Rail | Waterloo ON | ION Light Rail Transit Phase 1 | 11.8 | 770 | 65 | 2014-2019 | 27000 | 2288 | At grade | Independent |
| Bus Rapid Transit | Winnipeg MB | Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) | 4.7 | 508 | 109 | 2016-2020 | At grade | Independent |