International Urban Areas:
Public Transport Service Intensity Ranked: 1990

Rank Urbanized Area Annual Vehicle Miles/KM per Square Miles/KM Vehicle Miles per US Average of 46,283 Exhibit: Population per Square Mile Density per US Average of 2,877
1 Manila 8,224,354 177.70 51,322 17.84
2 Hong Kong 6,795,116 146.82 77,890 27.07
3 Seoul 4,490,766 97.03 63,452 22.06
4 Bangkok 2,652,288 57.31 38,699 13.45
5 Surabaja 1,772,162 38.29 45,852 15.94
6 Singapore 1,593,712 34.43 22,499 7.82
7 Jakarta 1,499,235 32.39 44,271 15.39
8 Stockholm 1,139,158 24.61 13,764 4.78
9 Zurich 1,123,469 24.27 12,208 4.24
10 Tokyo 1,021,163 22.06 18,403 6.40
11 London 942,892 20.37 10,964 3.81
12 Vienna 798,624 17.26 17,703 6.15
13 Munich 789,035 17.05 13,893 4.83
14 Brussels 756,371 16.34 19,414 6.75
15 Copenhagen 623,976 13.48 8,987 3.12
16 Paris 527,163 11.39 11,949 4.15
17 Amsterdam 473,939 10.24 12,649 4.40
18 Kuala Lampur 469,872 10.15 15,215 5.29
19 Hamburg 455,121 9.83 10,316 3.59
20 Frankfurt 359,506 7.77 12,079 4.20
21 Montreal 327,717 7.08 8,761 3.05
22 Ottawa 281,800 6.09 8,113 2.82
23 Sydney 254,345 5.50 4,355 1.51
24 Toronto 252,709 5.46 6,857 2.38
25 Edmonton 247,044 5.34 7,750 2.69
26 New York 238,081 5.14 5,407 1.88
27 Vancouver 168,506 3.64 5,391 1.87
28 Calgary 166,496 3.60 5,391 1.87
29 Winnipeg 138,938 3.00 5,521 1.92
30 San Francisco 131,649 2.84 4,153 1.44
31 Melbourne 119,749 2.59 3,862 1.34
32 Chicago 117,737 2.54 4,285 1.49
33 Canberra 104,985 2.27 2,488 0.86
34 Honolulu 104,649 2.26 4,561 1.59
35 Washington 95,845 2.07 3,559 1.24
36 Miami 89,894 1.94 2,395 0.83
37 Adelaide 88,183 1.91 3,059 1.06
38 Brisbane 86,969 1.88 2,540 0.88
39 Perth 80,240 1.73 2,748 0.96
40 Boston 79,089 1.71 3,114 1.08
41 Seattle 74,763 1.62 2,966 1.03
42 Los Angeles 72,120 1.56 5,800 2.02
43 Philadelphia 70,679 1.53 3,627 1.26
44 Portland 69,136 1.49 3,021 1.05
45 San Jose 67,686 1.46 4,246 1.48
46 Denver 63,966 1.38 3,307 1.15
47 Salt Lake City 62,373 1.35 3,107 1.08
48 New Orleans 57,530 1.24 3,852 1.34
49 Baltimore 49,556 1.07 3,187 1.11
50 San Diego 49,134 1.06 3,403 1.18
51 Cleveland 46,245 1.00 2,637 0.92
52 Pittsburgh 43,355 0.94 2,157 0.75
53 San Antonio 42,541 0.92 2,578 0.90
54 Atlanta 41,074 0.89 1,897 0.66
55 Milwaukee 39,051 0.84 2,395 0.83
56 Austin 38,606 0.83 2,057 0.71
57 Buffalo 37,871 0.82 3,336 1.16
58 St. Louis 32,722 0.71 2,674 0.93
59 Detroit 32,246 0.70 3,304 1.15
60 Houston 31,072 0.67 2,466 0.86
61 Louisville 29,900 0.65 2,672 0.93
62 Fort Lauderdale 29,862 0.65 3,786 1.32
63 Cincinnati 28,636 0.62 2,367 0.82
64 Sacramento 27,684 0.60 3,284 1.14
65 Rochester 27,106 0.59 2,817 0.98
66 Minneapolis-St. Paul 26,857 0.58 1,957 0.68
67 Hartford 26,067 0.56 2,264 0.79
68 Columbus 25,424 0.55 2,741 0.95
69 Dallas-Fort Worth 22,950 0.50 2,216 0.77
70 Providence 21,821 0.47 2,833 0.98
71 Tampa-St. Petersburg 21,332 0.46 2,629 0.91
72 Memphis 21,013 0.45 2,420 0.84
73 Charlotte 18,469 0.40 1,885 0.66
74 Phoenix 15,529 0.34 2,707 0.94
75 Indianapolis 13,734 0.30 1,951 0.68
76 Riverside-San Bernardino 12,960 0.28 2,543 0.88
77 Norfolk-Virginia Beach 12,795 0.28 1,992 0.69
78 Kansas City 12,669 0.27 1,673 0.58
79 Orlando 12,048 0.26 2,248 0.78
80 Grand Rapids 9,803 0.21 1,955 0.68
81 Nashville 8,138 0.18 1,186 0.41
82 Las Vegas 7,364 0.16 3,018 1.05
83 Oklahoma City 3,316 0.07 1,213 0.42
Calculated from Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube and others, "An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities: 1960-1990," Ontario Ministry of Transport and US Census Bureau data. Toronto urbanized population density is Public Purpose estimate.

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