Public Transport Market Share
Area, CBD & Outside CBD
Metropolitan Areas with Largest US
Central Business Districts (Downtowns)

ALPHABETICAL Area Central Business District (CBD) Outside Central Business District CBD Compared to Outside
Atlanta 4.6% 15.9% 3.7% 4.30
Austin   3.1% 6.8% 2.4% 2.81
Baltimore 7.3% 24.0% 5.2% 4.62
Boston 10.7% 48.5% 7.9% 6.15
Brooklyn 23.9% 56.4% 11.9% 4.75
Buffalo 4.4% 16.8% 3.0% 5.60
Chicago 14.1% 60.7% 9.3% 6.50
Cincinnati 3.5% 16.6% 2.1% 7.73
Cleveland 5.1% 21.0% 3.2% 6.51
Dallas   2.4% 13.9% 0.9% 15.69
Denver 4.4% 16.7% 1.7% 9.67
Detroit 2.3% 11.4% 2.0% 5.74
Honolulu 9.0% 11.3% 8.1% 1.40
Houston 3.6% 16.1% 2.6% 6.07
Indianapolis 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 3.88
Kansas City 2.1% 7.7% 1.6% 4.83
Los Angeles 4.5% 14.3% 4.1% 3.50
Milwaukee 4.5% 13.8% 3.4% 4.03
Minneapolis 5.1% 24.4% 3.2% 7.63
New Orleans 6.9% 15.1% 5.1% 2.94
New York 23.9% 74.0% 11.9% 6.24
Philadelphia 10.8% 44.0% 2.6% 16.86
Pittsburgh 7.8% 33.4% 4.3% 7.71
Portland 5.3% 20.0% 3.1% 6.36
Sacramento 2.2% 10.4% 1.3% 7.98
Salt Lake City 2.9% 8.7% 2.3% 3.78
San Antonio 3.5% 7.9% 3.1% 2.54
San Francisco 9.1% 45.0% 6.5% 6.96
Seattle 5.9% 34.2% 3.9% 8.77
St. Louis 2.8% 10.5% 2.1% 5.06
St. Paul 5.1% 16.5% 3.2% 5.16
Washington 10.9% 37.0% 8.3% 4.48
Average 6.7% 23.7% 4.2% 5.60
           
Rank RANKED BY AREA MARKET SHARE Area Central Business District (CBD) Outside Central Business District CBD Compared to Outside
1 New York 23.9% 74.0% 11.9% 6.24
2 Brooklyn 23.9% 56.4% 11.9% 4.75
3 Chicago 14.1% 60.7% 9.3% 6.50
4 Washington 10.9% 37.0% 8.3% 4.48
5 Philadelphia 10.8% 44.0% 2.6% 16.86
6 Boston 10.7% 48.5% 7.9% 6.15
7 San Francisco 9.1% 45.0% 6.5% 6.96
8 Honolulu 9.0% 11.3% 8.1% 1.40
9 Pittsburgh 7.8% 33.4% 4.3% 7.71
10 Baltimore 7.3% 24.0% 5.2% 4.62
11 New Orleans 6.9% 15.1% 5.1% 2.94
12 Seattle 5.9% 34.2% 3.9% 8.77
13 Portland 5.3% 20.0% 3.1% 6.36
14 Cleveland 5.1% 21.0% 3.2% 6.51
15 Minneapolis 5.1% 24.4% 3.2% 7.63
16 St. Paul 5.1% 16.5% 3.2% 5.16
17 Atlanta 4.6% 15.9% 3.7% 4.30
18 Milwaukee 4.5% 13.8% 3.4% 4.03
19 Los Angeles 4.5% 14.3% 4.1% 3.50
20 Buffalo 4.4% 16.8% 3.0% 5.60
21 Denver 4.4% 16.7% 1.7% 9.67
22 Houston 3.6% 16.1% 2.6% 6.07
23 San Antonio 3.5% 7.9% 3.1% 2.54
24 Cincinnati 3.5% 16.6% 2.1% 7.73
25 Austin 3.1% 6.8% 2.4% 2.81
26 Salt Lake City 2.9% 8.7% 2.3% 3.78
27 St. Louis 2.8% 10.5% 2.1% 5.06
28 Dallas 2.4% 13.9% 0.9% 15.69
29 Detroit 2.3% 11.4% 2.0% 5.74
30 Sacramento 2.2% 10.4% 1.3% 7.98
31 Kansas City 2.1% 7.7% 1.6% 4.83
32 Indianapolis 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 3.88
           
Rank RANKED BY CBD MARKET SHARE Area Central Business District (CBD) Outside Central Business District CBD Compared to Outside
1 New York 23.9% 74.0% 11.9% 6.24
2 Chicago 14.1% 60.7% 9.3% 6.50
3 Brooklyn 23.9% 56.4% 11.9% 4.75
4 Boston 10.7% 48.5% 7.9% 6.15
5 San Francisco 9.1% 45.0% 6.5% 6.96
6 Philadelphia 10.8% 44.0% 2.6% 16.86
7 Washington 10.9% 37.0% 8.3% 4.48
8 Seattle 5.9% 34.2% 3.9% 8.77
9 Pittsburgh 7.8% 33.4% 4.3% 7.71
10 Minneapolis 5.1% 24.4% 3.2% 7.63
11 Baltimore 7.3% 24.0% 5.2% 4.62
12 Cleveland 5.1% 21.0% 3.2% 6.51
13 Portland 5.3% 20.0% 3.1% 6.36
14 Buffalo 4.4% 16.8% 3.0% 5.60
15 Denver 4.4% 16.7% 1.7% 9.67
16 Cincinnati 3.5% 16.6% 2.1% 7.73
17 St. Paul 5.1% 16.5% 3.2% 5.16
18 Houston 3.6% 16.1% 2.6% 6.07
19 Atlanta 4.6% 15.9% 3.7% 4.30
20 New Orleans 6.9% 15.1% 5.1% 2.94
21 Los Angeles 4.5% 14.3% 4.1% 3.50
22 Dallas 2.4% 13.9% 0.9% 15.69
23 Milwaukee 4.5% 13.8% 3.4% 4.03
24 Detroit 2.3% 11.4% 2.0% 5.74
25 Honolulu 9.0% 11.3% 8.1% 1.40
26 St. Louis 2.8% 10.5% 2.1% 5.06
27 Sacramento 2.2% 10.4% 1.3% 7.98
28 Salt Lake City 2.9% 8.7% 2.3% 3.78
29 San Antonio 3.5% 7.9% 3.1% 2.54
30 Kansas City 2.1% 7.7% 1.6% 4.83
31 Austin 3.1% 6.8% 2.4% 2.81
32 Indianapolis 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 3.88
           
Rank RANKED BY NON-CBD MARKET SHARE Area Central Business District (CBD) Outside Central Business District CBD Compared to Outside
1 New York 23.9% 74.0% 11.9% 6.24
2 Brooklyn 23.9% 56.4% 11.9% 4.75
3 Chicago 14.1% 60.7% 9.3% 6.50
4 Washington 10.9% 37.0% 8.3% 4.48
5 Honolulu 9.0% 11.3% 8.1% 1.40
6 Boston 10.7% 48.5% 7.9% 6.15
7 San Francisco 9.1% 45.0% 6.5% 6.96
8 Baltimore 7.3% 24.0% 5.2% 4.62
9 New Orleans 6.9% 15.1% 5.1% 2.94
10 Pittsburgh 7.8% 33.4% 4.3% 7.71
11 Los Angeles 4.5% 14.3% 4.1% 3.50
12 Seattle 5.9% 34.2% 3.9% 8.77
13 Atlanta 4.6% 15.9% 3.7% 4.30
14 Milwaukee 4.5% 13.8% 3.4% 4.03
15 Cleveland 5.1% 21.0% 3.2% 6.51
16 St. Paul 5.1% 16.5% 3.2% 5.16
17 Minneapolis 5.1% 24.4% 3.2% 7.63
18 Portland 5.3% 20.0% 3.1% 6.36
19 San Antonio 3.5% 7.9% 3.1% 2.54
20 Buffalo 4.4% 16.8% 3.0% 5.60
21 Houston 3.6% 16.1% 2.6% 6.07
22 Philadelphia 10.8% 44.0% 2.6% 16.86
23 Austin 3.1% 6.8% 2.4% 2.81
24 Salt Lake City 2.9% 8.7% 2.3% 3.78
25 Cincinnati 3.5% 16.6% 2.1% 7.73
26 St. Louis 2.8% 10.5% 2.1% 5.06
27 Detroit 2.3% 11.4% 2.0% 5.74
28 Denver 4.4% 16.7% 1.7% 9.67
29 Kansas City 2.1% 7.7% 1.6% 4.83
30 Indianapolis 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 3.88
31 Sacramento 2.2% 10.4% 1.3% 7.98
32 Dallas 2.4% 13.9% 0.9% 15.69
           
Rank RANKED BY CBD:NON-CBD RATIO Area Central Business District (CBD) Outside Central Business District CBD Compared to Outside
1 Philadelphia 10.8% 44.0% 2.6% 16.86
2 Dallas 2.4% 13.9% 0.9% 15.69
3 Denver 4.4% 16.7% 1.7% 9.67
4 Seattle 5.9% 34.2% 3.9% 8.77
5 Sacramento 2.2% 10.4% 1.3% 7.98
6 Cincinnati 3.5% 16.6% 2.1% 7.73
7 Pittsburgh 7.8% 33.4% 4.3% 7.71
8 Minneapolis 5.1% 24.4% 3.2% 7.63
9 San Francisco 9.1% 45.0% 6.5% 6.96
10 Cleveland 5.1% 21.0% 3.2% 6.51
11 Chicago 14.1% 60.7% 9.3% 6.50
12 Portland 5.3% 20.0% 3.1% 6.36
13 New York 23.9% 74.0% 11.9% 6.24
14 Boston 10.7% 48.5% 7.9% 6.15
15 Houston 3.6% 16.1% 2.6% 6.07
16 Detroit 2.3% 11.4% 2.0% 5.74
17 Buffalo 4.4% 16.8% 3.0% 5.60
18 St. Paul 5.1% 16.5% 3.2% 5.16
19 St. Louis 2.8% 10.5% 2.1% 5.06
20 Kansas City 2.1% 7.7% 1.6% 4.83
21 Brooklyn 23.9% 56.4% 11.9% 4.75
22 Baltimore 7.3% 24.0% 5.2% 4.62
23 Washington 10.9% 37.0% 8.3% 4.48
24 Atlanta 4.6% 15.9% 3.7% 4.30
25 Milwaukee 4.5% 13.8% 3.4% 4.03
26 Indianapolis 1.9% 5.3% 1.4% 3.88
27 Salt Lake City 2.9% 8.7% 2.3% 3.78
28 Los Angeles 4.5% 14.3% 4.1% 3.50
29 New Orleans 6.9% 15.1% 5.1% 2.94
30 Austin 3.1% 6.8% 2.4% 2.81
31 San Antonio 3.5% 7.9% 3.1% 2.54
32 Honolulu 9.0% 11.3% 8.1% 1.40
           
Calculated from 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package data.  

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