US Public Transport Market Data
by Metropolitan Area: 1997

US Public Transport Market Data: Metropolitan Areas over 500,000 Population

Metropolitan Area State(s) Population
(000)
Unlinked
Trips (000)
Passenger
Miles (000)
Estimated Public Transport Market Share
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA 614 3,248 12,286 0.20%
Albany NY 876 11,347 47,167 0.42%
Alburquerque NM 675 6,606 21,792 0.26%
Atlanta GA 3,627 172,705 828,945 1.43%
Austin TX 1,071 32,043 104,311 0.59%
Bakersfield CA 629 5,088 16,509 0.31%
Birmingham AL 900 2,951 12,924 0.09%
Boston MA-NH 5,582 334,564 1,409,152 2.58%
Baton Rouge LA 570 4,188 11,248 0.18%
Buffalo NY 1,165 26,105 78,014 0.79%
Charlotte NC 1,350 11,438 41,398 0.25%
Chicago IL-IN-WI 8,642 547,891 3,341,849 3.90%
Charleston SC 510 3,816 15,434 0.32%
Cincinnati OH-KY 1,934 29,666 151,443 0.62%
Cleveland OH 2,908 73,489 310,137 0.97%
Columbus OH 1,460 17,763 70,437 0.43%
Columbia SC 504 3,196 11,490 0.18%
Dayton OH 945 15,215 49,679 0.41%
Denver CO 2,318 71,140 312,499 1.37%
Detroit MI 5,439 72,708 299,534 0.56%
Dallas-Ft. Worth TX 4,683 64,545 309,042 0.32%
El Paso TX 702 13,893 63,209 0.97%
Fresno CA 869 9,546 35,069 0.43%
Greensboro NC 1,153 5,348 13,333 0.08%
Grand Rapids MI 1,026 3,800 14,801 0.14%
Greenville SC 905 518 2,118 0.02%
Harrisburg PA 615 3,094 8,866 0.10%
Hartford CT 1,142 17,399 63,783 0.53%
Honolulu HI 870 68,635 333,212 4.60%
Houston TX 4,320 87,785 447,716 0.50%
Indianapolis IN 1,503 9,755 42,923 0.18%
Jacksonville FL 1,035 8,483 53,591 0.39%
Kansas City MO-KS 1,709 14,562 52,120 0.17%
Knoxville TN 654 1,729 4,742 0.05%
Los Angeles CA 15,609 550,296 2,407,250 1.47%
Little Rock AR 552 3,796 12,770 0.19%
Las Vegas NV-AZ 1,262 43,130 134,889 1.06%
Louisville KY-IN 993 16,014 63,836 0.46%
McAllen TX 511 0 0 0.00%
Memphis TN-AR-MS 1,083 12,433 62,617 0.53%
Miami FL 3,515 103,987 542,005 1.68%
Milwaukee WI 1,637 72,410 196,744 0.97%
Mobile AL 527 1,050 5,736 0.08%
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 2,792 62,065 265,871 0.88%
Norfolk VA-NC 1,545 15,564 69,894 0.48%
New Orleans LA 1,308 60,886 174,026 1.99%
Nashville TN 1,135 6,789 27,299 0.15%
New York NY-NJ-CT-PA 20,004 2,873,306 16,224,469 9.32%
Oklahoma City OK 1,031 3,324 12,753 0.11%
Omaha NE-IA 687 5,389 19,970 0.28%
Orlando FL 1,467 17,116 97,163 0.49%
Pittsburgh PA 2,361 72,137 300,601 1.48%
Philadelphia PA-NJ 5,972 321,125 1,434,363 2.88%
Phoenix AZ 2,840 34,693 134,321 0.44%
Portland OR-WA 2,113 80,859 328,064 1.50%
Providence RI-MA 1,122 16,735 75,325 0.70%
Richmond VA 943 16,305 35,862 0.26%
Raleigh-Durham NC 1,050 9,166 32,675 0.20%
Rochester NY 1,086 13,060 40,062 0.32%
Sacramento CA 1,656 29,253 125,785 0.88%
San Antonio TX 1,511 38,015 153,100 0.69%
San Diego CA 2,723 82,376 423,836 1.42%
Seattle WA 3,368 123,315 706,739 1.58%
San Francisco CA 6,701 463,251 2,315,478 3.34%
Salt Lake City UT 1,248 24,295 102,907 0.63%
Springfield MA 575 2,519 6,285 0.11%
Sarasota FL 539 2,569 12,331 0.27%
Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA 622 4,510 18,625 0.36%
Stockton CA 543 3,138 24,095 0.51%
St. Louis MO-IL 2,558 54,157 247,710 0.66%
Syracuse NY 741 9,265 31,059 0.35%
Toledo OH 612 5,110 20,886 0.29%
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 2,227 15,955 72,363 0.30%
Tucson AZ 780 17,287 59,956 0.79%
Tulsa OK 764 2,640 14,559 0.18%
Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA-WV 7,207 447,423 2,161,843 2.94%
Wichita KS 531 2,151 9,679 0.18%
West Palm Beach FL 1,019 3,972 19,334 0.19%
Youngstown OH 595 1,134 3,213 0.06%
Subtotal 172,059 7,498,223 37,819,124 1.94%
All Other Areas 95,577 324,237 1,244,711 0.06%
United States 267,636 7,822,460 39,063,835 0.96%


Methodology Notes


Public transport data from National Transit Database

Birmingham public transport data is for 1996 (1997 data not reported)

Public transport market share estimation method: Daily ridership data assumed to be 1/300 of annual for each system. Daily street and highway person miles estimated using FHWA urbanized area vehicle miles data, adjusted to account for the difference between urbanized area and metropolitan area populations. Average vehicle occupancy rates from NPTS urbanized area data, where available, otherwise the national urban rate is assumed.

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