US Public Transport Ridership by
Metropolitan Area (All):
Ranked by Passenger Miles

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 Chicago 594,588 3,668,119 9,157,540 64.93 400.56
3 Los Angeles 616,588 2,615,295 16,373,645 37.66 159.73
4 San Francisco 493,951 2,609,723 7,039,362 70.17 370.73
5 Washington-Baltimore 496,494 2,452,392 7,608,070 65.26 322.34
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 Houston 98,493 561,445 4,669,571 21.09 120.23
12 San Diego 101,265 522,283 2,813,833 35.99 185.61
13 Portland 96,902 396,272 2,265,223 42.78 174.94
14 Denver 77,114 368,589 2,581,506 29.87 142.78
15 Dallas-Fort Worth 72,999 347,407 5,221,801 13.98 66.53
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul 77,727 343,129 2,968,806 26.18 115.58
17 Pittsburgh 75,124 333,093 2,358,695 31.85 141.22
18 Detroit 70,012 330,739 5,456,428 12.83 60.61
19 Cleveland 72,943 312,769 2,945,831 24.76 106.17
20 Honolulu, HI 66,603 309,100 876,156 76.02 352.79
21 St. Louis 53,465 260,448 2,603,607 20.54 100.03
22 Milwaukee 74,212 214,360 1,689,572 43.92 126.87
23 Cincinnati 31,174 180,482 1,979,202 15.75 91.19
24 New Orleans 59,659 175,595 1,337,726 44.60 131.26
25 San Antonio 44,415 171,628 1,592,383 27.89 107.78
26 Las Vegas 49,555 164,802 1,563,282 31.70 105.42
27 Sacramento 32,028 148,490 1,796,857 17.82 82.64
28 Phoenix 38,338 145,963 3,251,876 11.79 44.89
29 Salt Lake City 23,878 122,109 1,333,914 17.90 91.54
30 Orlando 20,736 119,560 1,644,561 12.61 72.70
31 Austin 37,506 115,963 1,249,763 30.01 92.79
32 Buffalo 28,915 84,637 1,170,111 24.71 72.33
33 Norfolk 18,290 82,644 1,569,541 11.65 52.65
34 Tampa-St. Petersburg 18,716 81,358 2,395,997 7.81 33.96
35 Columbus 18,746 75,283 1,540,157 12.17 48.88
36 Hartford 18,822 71,704 1,183,110 15.91 60.61
37 Tucson, AZ 17,992 65,471 843,746 21.32 77.60
38 Memphis 11,637 61,821 1,135,614 10.25 54.44
39 Kansas City 15,018 61,549 1,776,062 8.46 34.65
40 El Paso, TX 13,574 60,433 679,622 19.97 88.92
41 Lousville 15,546 55,801 1,025,598 15.16 54.41
42 Charlotte 12,941 55,711 1,499,293 8.63 37.16
43 Indianapolis 11,675 53,838 1,607,486 7.26 33.49
44 Dayton, OH 15,218 52,538 950,558 16.01 55.27
45 Jacksonville 8,173 45,733 1,100,491 7.43 41.56
46 West Palm Beach 6,463 42,623 1,131,184 5.71 37.68
47 Fresno, CA 12,419 42,308 922,516 13.46 45.86
48 Providence 15,932 40,554 1,188,613 13.40 34.12
49 Albany, NY 11,374 40,225 875,583 12.99 45.94
50 Rochester 13,037 39,310 1,098,201 11.87 35.79
51 Richmond, VA 14,056 37,503 996,512 14.11 37.63
52 Spokane, WA 8,512 35,088 417,939 20.37 83.96
53 Syracuse, NY 9,525 34,937 732,117 13.01 47.72
54 Eugene, OR 8,076 34,792 322,959 25.01 107.73
55 Springfield, MA 11,749 34,781 591,932 19.85 58.76
56 Raleigh-Durham 11,376 34,202 1,187,941 9.58 28.79
57 Madison, WI 10,065 33,406 426,526 23.60 78.32
58 Santa Barbara, CA 7,657 30,351 399,347 19.17 76.00
59 Stockton, CA 4,158 30,294 563,598 7.38 53.75
60 Corpus Christi, TX 5,579 29,486 380,783 14.65 77.44
61 Nashville 6,827 28,770 1,231,311 5.54 23.37
62 Bakersfield, CA 6,238 26,825 661,645 9.43 40.54
63 Richland-Kennewick, WA 3,807 26,356 191,822 19.85 137.40
64 Reno, NV 7,730 24,892 339,486 22.77 73.32
65 Champaign-Urbana, IL 8,724 23,888 179,669 48.56 132.95
66 Toledo, OH 4,543 21,697 618,203 7.35 35.10
67 Salinas, CA 4,016 21,334 401,762 10.00 53.10
68 Laredo, TX 4,778 21,022 193,117 24.74 108.85
69 Baton Rouge, LA 7,043 20,816 602,894 11.68 34.53
70 Des Moines, IA 4,353 20,517 456,022 9.55 44.99
71 Albuquerque. NM 6,224 20,367 712,738 8.73 28.58
72 Lansing, MI 6,043 19,941 447,728 13.50 44.54
73 Scranton-Wiles Barre, PA 4,868 19,343 624,776 7.79 30.96
74 Tulsa, OK 3,087 16,924 803,235 3.84 21.07
75 Charleston, SC 4,479 16,637 549,033 8.16 30.30
76 Grand Rapids 4,747 16,622 1,088,514 4.36 15.27
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 Daytona Beach, FL 4,046 15,611 493,175 8.20 31.65
80 Lubbock, TX 3,784 15,346 242,628 15.60 63.25
81 Greensboro 5,132 15,343