US Public Transport
Usage per Capita
by Metropolitan Area: 1997

Rank Metropolitan Area State(s) Annual
Passenger
Miles per
Capita
Annual
Unlinked
Trips
per Capita
Rank
in Trips
1 New York NY-NJ-CT-PA 811.1 143.64 1
2 Chicago IL-IN-WI 386.7 63.40 4
3 Honolulu HI 383.0 78.89 2
4 San Francisco CA 345.5 69.13 3
5 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA-WV 300.0 62.08 5
6 Boston MA-NH 252.4 59.94 6
7 Philadelphia PA-NJ 240.2 53.77 7
8 Atlanta GA 228.5 47.62 8
9 Seattle WA 209.8 36.61 12
10 San Diego CA 155.7 30.25 17
11 Portland OR-WA 155.3 38.27 11
12 Los Angeles CA 154.2 35.26 13
13 Miami FL 154.2 29.58 19
14 Denver CO 134.8 30.69 15
15 New Orleans LA 133.0 46.55 9
16 Pittsburgh PA 127.3 30.55 16
17 Milwaukee WI 120.2 44.23 10
18 Las Vegas NV-AZ 106.9 34.18 14
19 Cleveland OH 106.6 25.27 20
20 Houston TX 103.6 20.32 26
21 San Antonio TX 101.3 25.16 21
22 Austin TX 97.4 29.92 18
23 St. Louis MO-IL 96.8 21.17 25
24 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 95.2 22.23 23
25 El Paso TX 90.0 19.79 27
26 Salt Lake City UT 82.5 19.47 28
27 Cincinnati OH-KY 78.3 15.34 33
28 Tucson AZ 76.9 22.16 24
29 Sacramento CA 76.0 17.66 29
30 Providence RI-MA 67.1 14.92 35
31 Buffalo NY 67.0 22.41 22
32 Orlando FL 66.2 11.67 43
33 Dallas-Ft. Worth TX 66.0 13.78 36
34 Louisville KY-IN 64.3 16.13 31
35 Memphis TN-AR-MS 57.8 11.48 44
36 Hartford CT 55.9 15.24 34
37 Detroit MI 55.1 13.37 37
38 Albany NY 53.8 12.95 38
39 Dayton OH 52.6 16.10 32
40 Jacksonville FL 51.8 8.20 52
41 Columbus OH 48.2 12.17 41
42 Phoenix AZ 47.3 12.22 40
43 Norfolk VA-NC 45.2 10.07 46
44 Stockton CA 44.4 5.78 63
45 Syracuse NY 41.9 12.50 39
46 Fresno CA 40.4 10.98 45
47 Richmond VA 38.0 17.29 30
48 Rochester NY 36.9 12.03 42
49 Toledo OH 34.1 8.35 51
50 Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 32.5 7.16 58
51 Alburquerque NM 32.3 9.79 47
52 Raleigh-Durham NC 31.1 8.73 48
53 Charlotte NC 30.7 8.47 50
54 Kansas City MO-KS 30.5 8.52 49
55 Charleston SC 30.3 7.48 55
56 Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA 29.9 7.25 57
57 Omaha NE-IA 29.1 7.84 54
58 Indianapolis IN 28.6 6.49 60
59 Bakersfield CA 26.2 8.09 53
60 Nashville TN 24.1 5.98 62
61 Little Rock AR 23.1 6.88 59
62 Sarasota FL 22.9 4.77 66
63 Columbia SC 22.8 6.34 61
64 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA 20.0 5.29 64
65 Baton Rouge LA 19.7 7.35 56
66 Tulsa OK 19.1 3.46 72
67 West Palm Beach FL 19.0 3.90 70
68 Wichita KS 18.2 4.05 69
69 Grand Rapids MI 14.4 3.70 71
70 Harrisburg PA 14.4 5.03 65
71 Birmingham AL 14.4 3.28 73
72 Oklahoma City OK 12.4 3.22 74
73 Greensboro NC 11.6 4.64 67
74 Springfield MA 10.9 4.38 68
75 Mobile AL 10.9 1.99 76
76 Knoxville TN 7.3 2.64 75
77 Youngstown OH 5.4 1.91 77
78 Greenville SC 2.3 0.57 78
79 McAllen TX 0.0 0.00 79



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