Public Transport Fare Ratios:
US Systems 1997

Rank State Transit System Fare Ratio
1 NY NY-MTA-NYCTA 68.7%
2 NY NY-Westchester-Liberty 67.6%
3 CA San Diego- The Trolley 67.5%
4 NY NY-MTA-Metro North RR 62.2%
5 CA San Francisco-BART 55.8%
6 NJ Philadelphia-PATCO 55.4%
7 NY NY-MTA-Long Island RR 54.7%
8 DC Washington-WMATA 51.2%
9 IL Chicago-RTA-Metra 49.8%
10 NJ New Jersey Transit 47.1%
11 CA San Diego-SANDAG 46.5%
12 NY Port Authority-PATH 46.4%
13 NV Las Vegas - ATC\VanCom 44.8%
14 IL Chicago-RTA-CTA 44.2%
15 NY NY-MTA-Long Island Bus 42.6%
16 CA San Diego Transit 41.8%
17 NY Rochester-RTS 41.0%
18 PA Philadelphia-SEPTA 40.4%
19 WI Milwaukee-County 40.3%
20 MN Minneapolis-St. Paul-MCTO 39.5%
21 LA New Orleans-RTA 39.3%
22 FL Orlando-LYNX 39.2%
23 CA LA-Foothill Transit 38.6%
24 MD Baltimore-Maryland-MTA 37.7%
25 MA Boston-MBTA 37.4%
26 VA Norfolk-TRT 35.4%
27 NY Albany-CDTA 35.0%
28 GA Atlanta-MARTA 34.9%
29 CA San Francisco-Muni 34.7%
30 NY Buffalo-NFTA 34.3%
31 CA SF-Golden Gate 31.2%
32 OH Cincinnati-SORTA 31.1%
33 AZ Phoenix PTD 30.5%
34 FL Miami-MDTA 29.8%
35 CA LA-LACMTA-Metro 29.8%
36 IL Chicago-RTA-Pace 28.7%
37 CA LA-OCTA 28.1%
38 HI Honolulu-DTS 27.9%
39 PA Pittsburgh-PAT 27.0%
40 CA Sacramento-RT 26.2%
41 CA SF-SamTrans 26.1%
42 RI Providence-RIPTA 25.9%
43 CA Oakland-AC Transit 24.8%
44 OH Columbus-COTA 24.8%
45 FL Ft. Lauderdale-Bct 24.6%
46 WI Madison-MMT 24.5%
47 OR Portland-Tri-Met 24.0%
48 FL Tampa-Hartline 23.8%
49 OH Cleveland-RTA 23.3%
50 MO St. Louis-Bi-State 22.7%
51 WA Seattle-Metro 22.3%
52 AZ Tucson-Sun Tran 22.3%
53 MD Maryland-Ride-On 21.9%
54 TX Houston-Metro 21.7%
55 CO Denver-RTD 21.6%
56 DE Delaware-DTC 20.9%
57 MI Detroit-D-DOT 20.9%
58 UT Salt Lake City-UTA 19.0%
59 MO Kansas City-KCATA 19.0%
60 KY Louisville-TARC 18.4%
61 WA Seattle-Snohomish-Commun. 17.7%
62 TX Fort Worth-The T 17.5%
63 WA Tacoma-Pierce Transit 17.2%
64 WI Milwaukee-Paratransit 17.0%
65 OH Dayton-RTA 16.5%
66 CA City of Los Angeles 16.5%
67 MI Detroit-SMART 15.9%
68 OH Akron-Metro 15.1%
69 CA San Jose-SCCTD 14.7%
70 WA Spokane-STA 14.1%
71 TX Dallas-DART 14.0%
72 TX San Antonio-VIA 11.7%
73 WA Bremerton-Kitsap Transit 10.8%
74 TX Austin-Capital Metro 10.7%
75 WA Richland-Ben Franklin 10.4%
76 CA LA-Access 5.8%
Calculated from National Transit Database: 1997

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