US Public Transport Ridership by
Metropolitan Area (All)
Ranked by Per Capita 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 Passenger Miles 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 Honolulu, HI 66,603 309,100 876,156 76.02 352.79
3 San Francisco 493,951 2,609,723 7,039,362 70.17 370.73
4 Washington-Baltimore 496,494 2,452,392 7,608,070 65.26 322.34
5 Chicago 594,588 3,668,119 9,157,540 64.93 400.56
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 Champaign-Urbana, IL 8,724 23,888 179,669 48.56 132.95
9 New Orleans 59,659 175,595 1,337,726 44.60 131.26
10 Milwaukee 74,212 214,360 1,689,572 43.92 126.87
11 Portland 96,902 396,272 2,265,223 42.78 174.94
12 Iowa City, IA 4,617 6,296 111,006 41.59 56.72
13 Atlanta 169,749 799,519 4,112,198 41.28 194.43
14 State College, PA 5,332 9,118 135,758 39.28 67.16
15 Los Angeles 616,588 2,615,295 16,373,645 37.66 159.73
16 Seattle 130,297 726,871 3,554,760 36.65 204.48
17 San Diego 101,265 522,283 2,813,833 35.99 185.61
18 Pittsburgh 75,124 333,093 2,358,695 31.85 141.22
19 Las Vegas 49,555 164,802 1,563,282 31.70 105.42
20 Austin 37,506 115,963 1,249,763 30.01 92.79
21 Denver 77,114 368,589 2,581,506 29.87 142.78
22 Miami 109,707 567,385 3,876,380 28.30 146.37
23 San Antonio 44,415 171,628 1,592,383 27.89 107.78
24 Ithaca, NY 2,572 6,462 96,501 26.65 66.96
25 Minneapolis-St. Paul 77,727 343,129 2,968,806 26.18 115.58
26 Eugene, OR 8,076 34,792 322,959 25.01 107.73
27 Cleveland 72,943 312,769 2,945,831 24.76 106.17
28 Laredo, TX 4,778 21,022 193,117 24.74 108.85
29 Buffalo 28,915 84,637 1,170,111 24.71 72.33
30 Gainesville, FL 5,181 12,123 217,955 23.77 55.62
31 Madison, WI 10,065 33,406 426,526 23.60 78.32
32 Reno, NV 7,730 24,892 339,486 22.77 73.32
33 Tucson, AZ 17,992 65,471 843,746 21.32 77.60
34 Houston 98,493 561,445 4,669,571 21.09 120.23
35 St. Louis 53,465 260,448 2,603,607 20.54 100.03
36 Spokane, WA 8,512 35,088 417,939 20.37 83.96
37 El Paso, TX 13,574 60,433 679,622 19.97 88.92
38 Springfield, MA 11,749 34,781 591,932 19.85 58.76
39 Richland-Kennewick, WA 3,807 26,356 191,822 19.85 137.40
40 Santa Barbara, CA 7,657 30,351 399,347 19.17 76.00
41 Salt Lake City 23,878 122,109 1,333,914 17.90 91.54
42 Sacramento 32,028 148,490 1,796,857 17.82 82.64
43 Bellingham, WA 2,919 8,448 166,814 17.50 50.64
44 Dayton, OH 15,218 52,538 950,558 16.01 55.27
45 Hartford 18,822 71,704 1,183,110 15.91 60.61
46 Cincinnati 31,174 180,482 1,979,202 15.75 91.19
47 Lubbock, TX 3,784 15,346 242,628 15.60 63.25
48 Lafayette, IN 2,788 11,369 182,821 15.25 62.19
49 Lousville 15,546 55,801 1,025,598 15.16 54.41
50 Binghamton, NY 3,790 12,391 252,320 15.02 49.11
51 Corpus Christi, TX 5,579 29,486 380,783 14.65 77.44
52 Richmond, VA 14,056 37,503 996,512 14.11 37.63
53 Dallas-Fort Worth 72,999 347,407 5,221,801 13.98 66.53
54 Tallahassee, FL 3,922 9,805 284,539 13.78 34.46
55 Lansing, MI 6,043 19,941 447,728 13.50 44.54
56 Fresno, CA 12,419 42,308 922,516 13.46 45.86
57 Providence 15,932 40,554 1,188,613 13.40 34.12
58 Syracuse, NY 9,525 34,937 732,117 13.01 47.72
59 Albany, NY 11,374 40,225 875,583 12.99 45.94
60 Anchorage.AL 3,357 15,291 260,283 12.90 58.75
61 Savannah, GA 3,763 12,726 293,000 12.84 43.43
62 Detroit 70,012 330,739 5,456,428 12.83 60.61
63 Orlando 20,736 119,560 1,644,561 12.61 72.70
64 Duluth, MN 3,016 8,705 243,815 12.37 35.70
65 Columbus 18,746 75,283 1,540,157 12.17 48.88
66 Rochester 13,037 39,310 1,098,201 11.87 35.79
67 Logan, UT 1,083 2,202 91,391 11.85 24.10
68 Phoenix 38,338 145,963 3,251,876 11.79 44.89
69 Baton Rouge, LA 7,043 20,816 602,894 11.68 34.53
70 Norfolk 18,290 82,644 1,569,541 11.65 52.65
71 Davenport-Moline, IA-IL 4,118 11,631 359,062 11.47 32.39
72 Bloomington, IN 1,370 4,110 120,563 11.36 34.09
73 Muncie, IN 1,301 3,434 118,769 10.95 28.91
74 Rome, GA 967 3,128 90,565 10.68 34.54
75 Memphis 11,637 61,821 1,135,614 10.25 54.44
76 Salinas, CA 4,016 21,334 401,762 10.00 53.10
77 Willaimsport, PA 1,178 3,275 120,044 9.81 27.28
78 Raleigh-Durham 11,376 34,202 1,187,941 9.58 28.79
79 Erie, PA 2,682 8,851 280,843 9.55 31.51
80 Des Moines, IA 4,353 20,517 456,022 9.55 44.99
81 Bakersfield, CA 6,238 26,825 661,645 9.43 40.54
82 South Bend, IN 2,479 6,214 265,559 9.34 23.40
83 Burlington, VT 1,541 4,708 169,391