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Ranked by US Metropolitan Areas: 1999

Rank Metropolitan Area Unlinked Passenger Trips (000) Unlinked Passenger Trips per Capita
1 New York 3,133,505 155.1
2 Los Angeles 590,481 36.8
3 Chicago 581,654 65.5
4 Washington-Baltimore 493,865 67.1
5 San Francisco 474,758 69.1
6 Boston 368,175 65.0
7 Philadelphia 317,991 53.0
8 Atlanta 165,899 43.0
9 Seattle 126,790 36.6
10 Miami 106,073 28.6
11 Houston 98,880 22.0
12 San Diego 96,739 34.3
13 Portland 93,439 42.8
14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 75,839 26.4
15 Pittsburgh 75,720 32.5
16 Cleveland 74,675 25.7
17 Denver 74,502 30.8
18 Dallas-Fort Worth 72,530 14.8
19 Milwaukee 72,405 43.9
20 Honolulu 66,236 76.6
21 New Orleans 64,141 49.1
22 Detroit 62,476 11.4
23 St. Louis 54,875 21.4
24 Las Vegas 53,262 38.6
25 San Antonio 44,002 28.1
26 Phoenix 39,158 13.0
27 Austin 35,727 31.2
28 Sacramento 32,166 18.5
29 Cincinnati 30,007 15.3
30 Buffalo 26,871 23.5
31 Salt Lake City 22,957 18.0
32 Orlando 19,833 12.9
33 Hartford 18,886 16.5
34 Columbus 18,790 12.6
35 Tampa-St. Petersburg 18,653 8.2
36 Virginia Beach-Norfolk 17,585 11.3
37 Lousville 16,996 16.9
38 Providence 16,016 14.2
39 Kansas City 15,375 8.8
40 Rochester 12,923 12.0
41 Charlotte 12,849 9.1
42 Memphis 11,889 10.8
43 Indianapolis 11,242 7.3
44 Raleigh-Durham 11,136 10.1
45 Jacksonville 8,430 8.0
46 Nashville 6,920 5.9
47 West Palm Beach 5,782 5.5
48 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 5,044 4.3
49 Oklahoma City 4,331 4.1
50 Grand Rapids 3,904 3.7
  All Other Areas 433,397  
Included: All metropolitan areas above 1,000,000 population in 1999 and Honolulu. Modes included: Motor bus, Trolley Bus, Metro, Tram & Regional Rail.

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