Driving to and parking at the beach on a beautiful day can be a soul-crushing experience. So when a city has great transit connections to the beach, it can be a massive improvement in your quality of life. This week we look at the top ten world cities that have the best transit connections to nearby beaches. Considerations include: - Type of transit service: for this list, we are only including fully grade-separated systems. This means heavy rail: metros, subways, elevated lines, possibly monorails -- whatever you want to call them, they don't operate in a mixed traffic environment! - Walk time to transit stop: critical, since on a trip to the beach you may be hauling some gear with you. - Number of transit stops: the more metro stations a city has at more beaches, the better. - Quality of transit service: How many lines stop at the beach? How frequent is the service? How long is the trip to a major transfer point on the network? How many places can the metro system get you to (i.e., how many stations on the network)? - Quality of the beaches: A bit subjective, but how nice are the beaches? Do they have a lot of nearby amenities? How many months of "beach weather" does the city get all year? We also touch on considerations for station siting at a beach, we look at cities where commuter or regional rail is a great option for beach trips, and we enjoy some bossa nova tunes. We hit five continents in our travels, with stops in the US, Brazil, a variety of regions in Spain, Denmark, France, Qatar, Singapore, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia. Hope you enjoy the ride! Others in the "Transit Connections" series: To Airports in North America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQdA2-eJ6g To NFL Stadiums in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iclUbbnWzog Credits: Metro systems considered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems Images: Pintxos: Image by takedahrs from Pixabay Jeju Beach: Image by minyoung kim from Pixabay Doha: Image by walsarabi from Pixabay Central Park: Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Thumbnail: Barceloneta: Image by gorpol from Pixabay Coney Island Subway: Image by Sue Park from Pixabay Sentosa Express: Image by Alexander-design from Pixabay Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) End section: Ipanema Daydream by Bird Creek (YouTube music library) Video topic based on a suggestion from viewer Greg Vassilakos. Thank you! Contact: nerd4cities@gmail.com