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Education in New York City, NY

The New York City Public Schools system, managed by the New York City Department of Education, is the largest public-school system in the United States, serving about 1.1 million students in more than 1,700 separate primary and secondary schools. The city's public-school system includes nine specialized high schools to serve academically and artistically gifted students. There are also approximately 900 additional privately run secular and religious schools in the city.

Over 600,000 students are enrolled in New York City's over 120 higher education institutions, the highest number of any city in the United States, including over half million in the City University of New York (CUNY) system alone. New York City is home to notable private universities as Barnard College, Columbia University, Cooper Union, Fordham University, Mercy College, New York University, New York Institute of Technology, Pace University, and Yeshiva University. The public CUNY system is one of the largest universities in the nation, comprising 24 institutions across all five boroughs: senior colleges, community colleges, and other graduate/professional schools. Much of the scientific research in the city is done in medicine and the life sciences. New York City has the most post-graduate life sciences degrees awarded annually in the United States, boasting over 127 Nobel Laureates.

Commuting Time in New York City, NY

New York City's comprehensive transportation system is both complex and extensive. New York City, being the most populous city in the United States, has a transportation system which includes one of the largest subway systems in the world, the world's first mechanically ventilated vehicular tunnel, and an aerial tramway. Mass transit in New York City accounts for one in every three users of mass transit in the United States, and two-thirds of the nation's rail riders live in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Expansive transportation options include:

• The dominant mode of transportation in New York City is by rail. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) runs all of the city’s subways and buses and two of its three commuter rail networks. Subway riders pay with the MetroCard, which is also valid on all other rapid transit systems and buses in the city, as well as the Roosevelt Island tramway.
• The many rail stations include: Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Terminal, Jamaica Station, Atlantic Terminal, and Hoboken Terminal.
• The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system that links Manhattan to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison and Newark, in New Jersey. A primary transit link between Manhattan and New Jersey, PATH carries 240,000 passengers each weekday on four lines.
• New York City's public bus network is extensive. As of 2014, over 5,710 MTA Regional Bus Operations-operated buses carried about 2.5 million daily passengers 24/7 on more than 238 local routes, 62 express routes, and 7 Select Bus Service routes, amounting to 793 million annual bus trips. Local bus routes are labeled with a number and a prefix identifying the primary borough (B for Brooklyn, Bx for the Bronx, M for Manhattan, Q for Queens, and S for Staten Island).
• Intercity rail service is provided by Amtrak. Fifty-four trains run each day on the busiest route—the Northeast Corridor from New York to Philadelphia. For trips of less than 500 miles (800 km) to other Northeastern cities, Amtrak is often cheaper and faster than air travel. Overnight trains connect New York City with Chicago (where numerous connections are available to the west coast services), Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami. There are also international daily trains to Toronto and Montreal in Canada, via the Empire Corridor to Albany and points west.
• The busiest ferry in the United States is the Staten Island Ferry, which annually carries over 19 million passengers on the 5.2 mile (8.4 km) run between St. George Ferry Terminal and South Ferry. Service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and takes approximately 25 minutes each way.
• The city's extensive network of expressways includes four primary Interstate Highways: Interstate 78, Interstate 80, Interstate 87 and Interstate 95.
• New York City's airport system, which includes John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport (located in New Jersey), Stewart Airport and a few smaller facilities, is one of the largest in the world. John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports are served by intermodal rail systems. AirTrain JFK is an 8.1 mi (13 km) rapid transit system that connects 24 hours a day Kennedy to New York's subway and commuter rail network in Queens. It also provides free transit between airport terminals.
• Walk and bicycle modes of travel account for 21% of all modes for trips in the city; nationally the rate for metro regions is about 8%. Citibank sponsored the introduction of 6,000 public bicycles for the city's bike-share project, Citi Bike, in the summer of 2013. By 2017, Citi Bike will expand its operations by 6,000 bikes and add 375 new docking stations.

Employees in New York City face a commute time of 39.2 minutes, which is longer than the national average of 24.8 minutes. The largest share of workers uses transit, followed by those who drive alone and/or walk, or work from home.