Average Per Capita Public Transport Boardings
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 Honolulu 66,236 76.6
3 San Francisco 474,758 69.1
4 Washington-Baltimore 493,865 67.1
5 Chicago 581,654 65.5
6 Boston 368,175 65.0
7 Philadelphia 317,991 53.0
8 New Orleans 64,141 49.1
9 Milwaukee 72,405 43.9
10 Atlanta 165,899 43.0
11 Portland 93,439 42.8
12 Las Vegas 53,262 38.6
13 Los Angeles 590,481 36.8
14 Seattle 126,790 36.6
15 San Diego 96,739 34.3
16 Pittsburgh 75,720 32.5
17 Austin 35,727 31.2
18 Denver 74,502 30.8
19 Miami 106,073 28.6
20 San Antonio 44,002 28.1
21 Minneapolis-St. Paul 75,839 26.4
22 Cleveland 74,675 25.7
23 Buffalo 26,871 23.5
24 Houston 98,880 22.0
25 St. Louis 54,875 21.4
26 Sacramento 32,166 18.5
27 Salt Lake City 22,957 18.0
28 Lousville 16,996 16.9
29 Hartford 18,886 16.5
30 Cincinnati 30,007 15.3
31 Dallas-Fort Worth 72,530 14.8
32 Providence 16,016 14.2
33 Phoenix 39,158 13.0
34 Orlando 19,833 12.9
35 Columbus 18,790 12.6
36 Rochester 12,923 12.0
37 Detroit 62,476 11.4
38 Virginia Beach-Norfolk 17,585 11.3
39 Memphis 11,889 10.8
40 Raleigh-Durham 11,136 10.1
41 Charlotte 12,849 9.1
42 Kansas City 15,375 8.8
43 Tampa-St. Petersburg 18,653 8.2
44 Jacksonville 8,430 8.0
45 Indianapolis 11,242 7.3
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.

Calculated from National Transit Database and US Census Bureau data.

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