South American Daily Busway Ridership
Compared to US Transit Ridership
|
Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
Estimated
Daily Boardings |
Notes |
|
1 |
New York |
11,395,000 |
|
|
|
2 |
Los Angeles |
2,065,000 |
|
|
|
3 |
Chicago |
1,993,000 |
|
|
|
4 |
San Francisco |
1,839,000 |
|
|
|
5 |
Washington-Baltimore |
1,755,000 |
|
|
|
|
Porto Allegre (16 Busways) |
1,742,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
|
Bogota (7 Busways) |
1,610,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
6 |
Boston |
1,261,000 |
|
|
|
7 |
Philadelphia |
1,118,000 |
|
|
|
8 |
Atlanta |
556,000 |
|
|
|
|
Curitiba (6 Busways) |
532,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
|
Sao Paulo (4 Busways) |
481,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
9 |
Seattle |
424,000 |
|
|
|
10 |
Miami |
377,000 |
|
|
|
|
Bogota (Troncal Ave. Caracas Busway) |
373,000 |
|
Single busway ridership only |
|
11 |
San Diego |
337,000 |
|
|
|
12 |
Portland |
336,000 |
|
|
|
13 |
Houston |
333,000 |
|
|
|
14 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
277,000 |
|
|
|
14 |
Denver |
267,000 |
|
|
|
15 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
256,000 |
|
|
|
16 |
Pittsburgh |
249,000 |
|
|
|
17 |
Milwaukee |
246,000 |
|
|
|
19 |
Honolulu |
235,000 |
|
|
|
20 |
Detroit |
227,000 |
|
|
|
21 |
Cleveland |
226,000 |
|
|
|
22 |
New Orleans |
193,000 |
|
|
|
|
Quito (1 Busway) |
180,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
23 |
St. Louis |
174,000 |
|
|
|
24 |
Las Vegas |
165,000 |
|
|
|
25 |
San Antonio |
153,000 |
|
|
|
26 |
Phoenix |
131,000 |
|
|
|
27 |
Atlanta |
111,000 |
|
|
|
28 |
Sacramento |
106,000 |
|
|
|
29 |
Cincinnati |
98,000 |
|
|
|
30 |
Buffalo |
87,000 |
|
|
|
31 |
Salt Lake City |
84,000 |
|
|
|
32 |
Orlando |
71,000 |
|
|
|
33 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
65,000 |
|
|
|
34 |
Columbus |
61,000 |
|
|
|
35 |
Harford |
60,000 |
|
|
|
36 |
Louisville |
54,000 |
|
|
|
37 |
Richmond |
53,000 |
|
|
|
38 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk |
52,000 |
|
|
|
39 |
Tucson |
52,000 |
|
|
|
40 |
Kansas City |
52,000 |
|
|
|
41 |
Dayton |
51,000 |
|
|
|
42 |
Charlotte |
50,000 |
|
|
|
43 |
Providence |
47,000 |
|
|
|
44 |
El Paso |
44,000 |
|
|
|
45 |
Fresno |
44,000 |
|
|
|
46 |
Memphis |
43,000 |
|
|
|
47 |
Rochester |
41,000 |
|
|
|
48 |
Albany |
39,000 |
|
|
|
49 |
Springfield |
36,000 |
|
|
|
50 |
Raleigh-Durham |
36,000 |
|
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Busway data calculated from World Bank information |
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