US Public Transport Ridership by
Metropolitan Area (All)
Ranked by Boardings

US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Boardings Ranking
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Passenger Miles Ranking
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Per Capita Boardings
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area: All: Per Capita Passenger Miles
US Public Transport 2000 Ridership by Metropolitan Area Population: All

Rank Metropolitan Area Unlinked Trips (000) Passenger Miles (000) Population Unlinked Passenger Trips/Capita Passenger Miles/Capita
1 New York 3,235,153 18,671,204 21,199,865 152.60 880.72
2 Los Angeles 616,588 2,615,295 16,373,645 37.66 159.73
3 Chicago 594,588 3,668,119 9,157,540 64.93 400.56
4 Washington-Baltimore 496,494 2,452,392 7,608,070 65.26 322.34
5 San Francisco 493,951 2,609,723 7,039,362 70.17 370.73
6 Boston 369,030 1,727,676 5,819,100 63.42 296.90
7 Philadelphia 324,360 1,430,227 6,188,463 52.41 231.11
8 Atlanta 169,749 799,519 4,112,198 41.28 194.43
9 Seattle 130,297 726,871 3,554,760 36.65 204.48
10 Miami 109,707 567,385 3,876,380 28.30 146.37
11 San Diego 101,265 522,283 2,813,833 35.99 185.61
12 Houston 98,493 561,445 4,669,571 21.09 120.23
13 Portland 96,902 396,272 2,265,223 42.78 174.94
14 Minneapolis-St. Paul 77,727 343,129 2,968,806 26.18 115.58
15 Denver 77,114 368,589 2,581,506 29.87 142.78
16 Pittsburgh 75,124 333,093 2,358,695 31.85 141.22
17 Milwaukee 74,212 214,360 1,689,572 43.92 126.87
18 Dallas-Fort Worth 72,999 347,407 5,221,801 13.98 66.53
19 Cleveland 72,943 312,769 2,945,831 24.76 106.17
20 Detroit 70,012 330,739 5,456,428 12.83 60.61
21 Honolulu, HI 66,603 309,100 876,156 76.02 352.79
22 New Orleans 59,659 175,595 1,337,726 44.60 131.26
23 St. Louis 53,465 260,448 2,603,607 20.54 100.03
24 Las Vegas 49,555 164,802 1,563,282 31.70 105.42
25 San Antonio 44,415 171,628 1,592,383 27.89 107.78
26 Phoenix 38,338 145,963 3,251,876 11.79 44.89
27 Austin 37,506 115,963 1,249,763 30.01 92.79
28 Sacramento 32,028 148,490 1,796,857 17.82 82.64
29 Cincinnati 31,174 180,482 1,979,202 15.75 91.19
30 Buffalo 28,915 84,637 1,170,111 24.71 72.33
31 Salt Lake City 23,878 122,109 1,333,914 17.90 91.54
32 Orlando 20,736 119,560 1,644,561 12.61 72.70
33 Hartford 18,822 71,704 1,183,110 15.91 60.61
34 Columbus 18,746 75,283 1,540,157 12.17 48.88
35 Tampa-St. Petersburg 18,716 81,358 2,395,997 7.81 33.96
36 Norfolk 18,290 82,644 1,569,541 11.65 52.65
37 Tucson, AZ 17,992 65,471 843,746 21.32 77.60
38 Providence 15,932 40,554 1,188,613 13.40 34.12
39 Lousville 15,546 55,801 1,025,598 15.16 54.41
40 Dayton, OH 15,218 52,538 950,558 16.01 55.27
41 Kansas City 15,018 61,549 1,776,062 8.46 34.65
42 Richmond, VA 14,056 37,503 996,512 14.11 37.63
43 El Paso, TX 13,574 60,433 679,622 19.97 88.92
44 Rochester 13,037 39,310 1,098,201 11.87 35.79
45 Charlotte 12,941 55,711 1,499,293 8.63 37.16
46 Fresno, CA 12,419 42,308 922,516 13.46 45.86
47 Springfield, MA 11,749 34,781 591,932 19.85 58.76
48 Indianapolis 11,675 53,838 1,607,486 7.26 33.49
49 Memphis 11,637 61,821 1,135,614 10.25 54.44
50 Raleigh-Durham 11,376 34,202 1,187,941 9.58 28.79
51 Albany, NY 11,374 40,225 875,583 12.99 45.94
52 Madison, WI 10,065 33,406 426,526 23.60 78.32
53 Syracuse, NY 9,525 34,937 732,117 13.01 47.72
54 Champaign-Urbana, IL 8,724 23,888 179,669 48.56 132.95
55 Spokane, WA 8,512 35,088 417,939 20.37 83.96
56 Jacksonville 8,173 45,733 1,100,491 7.43 41.56
57 Eugene, OR 8,076 34,792 322,959 25.01 107.73
58 Reno, NV 7,730 24,892 339,486 22.77 73.32
59 Santa Barbara, CA 7,657 30,351 399,347 19.17 76.00
60 Baton Rouge, LA 7,043 20,816 602,894 11.68 34.53
61 Nashville 6,827 28,770 1,231,311 5.54 23.37
62 West Palm Beach 6,463 42,623 1,131,184 5.71 37.68
63 Bakersfield, CA 6,238 26,825 661,645 9.43 40.54
64 Albuquerque. NM 6,224 20,367 712,738 8.73 28.58
65 Lansing, MI 6,043 19,941 447,728 13.50 44.54
66 Corpus Christi, TX 5,579 29,486 380,783 14.65 77.44
67 State College, PA 5,332 9,118 135,758 39.28 67.16
68 Gainesville, FL 5,181 12,123 217,955 23.77 55.62
69 Greensboro 5,132 15,343 1,251,509 4.10 12.26
70 Scranton-Wiles Barre, PA 4,868 19,343 624,776 7.79 30.96
71 Laredo, TX 4,778 21,022 193,117 24.74 108.85
72 Grand Rapids 4,747 16,622 1,088,514 4.36 15.27
73 Iowa City, IA 4,617 6,296 111,006 41.59 56.72
74 Toledo, OH 4,543 21,697 618,203 7.35 35.10
75 Charleston, SC 4,479 16,637 549,033 8.16 30.30
76 Des Moines, IA 4,353 20,517 456,022 9.55 44.99
77 Oklahoma City 4,331 16,519 1,083,346 4.00 15.25
78 Omaha, NE 4,276 15,735 716,998 5.96 21.95
79 Stockton, CA 4,158 30,294 563,598 7.38 53.75
80 Davenport-Moline, IA-IL 4,118 11,631 359,062 11.47 32.39
81 Daytona Beach, FL 4,046 15,611 493,175