US Metropolitan Area
Public Transport Ridership
Ranked by 1996 Ridership

1996 US Metropolitan Area Public Transport Statistics Index

Ridership: 1980-1996

Per Capita Ridership 1980-1996

Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996

Ranked by 1996 Ridership

Ranked by 1996 Per Capita Ridership

Ranked by 1980-1996 Change in Per Capita Ridership

Ranked by Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996

US Public Transport Ridership: Ranked by 1996 Ridership

Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 and Honolulu

Rank
Metropolitan
Area
Annual Boardings in Millions Change Annual Change
1980 1990 1996 1980-96 1990-96 1980-96 1990-96
1 New York-NNJ-Long Island 2,976.4 2,810.2 2,647.3 -11.1% -5.8% -0.73% -0.37%
2 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha 789.8 697.5 549.8 -30.4% -21.2% -2.24% -1.48%
3 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co 480.6 525.9 520.3 8.3% -1.1% 0.50% -0.07%
4 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 538.3 456.5 451.9 -16.0% -1.0% -1.09% -0.06%
5 Washington-Baltimore 422.1 489.1 444.1 5.2% -9.2% 0.32% -0.60%
6 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 395.5 371.8 327.2 -17.3% -12.0% -1.18% -0.80%
7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence 267.5 341.1 323.6 21.0% -5.1% 1.20% -0.33%
8 Atlanta 120.2 149.5 147.7 22.9% -1.2% 1.30% -0.08%
9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton 98.2 100.8 115.5 17.6% 14.5% 1.02% 0.85%
10 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 85.1 91.5 102.3 20.3% 11.8% 1.16% 0.70%
11 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 46.9 91.1 81.3 73.3% -10.8% 3.50% -0.71%
12 Portland-Salem 50.3 60.9 79.8 58.7% 30.9% 2.93% 1.70%
13 San Diego 44.2 67.1 76.3 72.8% 13.7% 3.48% 0.81%
14 Pittsburgh 108.6 86.7 72.6 -33.1% -16.2% -2.48% -1.10%
15 Cleveland-Akron 134.4 81.1 71.4 -46.9% -12.0% -3.88% -0.80%
16 Denver-Boulder-Greeley 46.9 55.7 69.8 48.7% 25.4% 2.51% 1.42%
17 Honolulu 74.1 73.5 69.1 -6.7% -6.0% -0.43% -0.39%
18 New Orleans 103.5 82.3 65.3 -36.9% -20.6% -2.83% -1.43%
19 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint 129.6 100.7 64.8 -50.0% -35.6% -4.24% -2.72%
20 Milwaukee 88.0 67.9 63.4 -28.0% -6.6% -2.03% -0.43%
21 Dallas-Ft. Worth 45.2 55.5 62.4 38.2% 12.4% 2.04% 0.73%
22 Minneapolis-St. Paul 105.2 69.6 61.9 -41.2% -11.0% -3.26% -0.73%
23 St. Louis 84.2 44.4 51.6 -38.8% 16.3% -3.02% 0.95%
24 Las Vegas 4.9 7.4 38.3 682.2% 420.2% 13.72% 10.86%
25 San Antonio 36.9 41.9 37.7 2.2% -10.0% 0.13% -0.65%
26 Phoenix-Mesa 14.3 31.1 33.2 132.5% 7.0% 5.41% 0.42%
27 Cincinnati-Hamilton 43.3 35.3 29.9 -31.0% -15.2% -2.29% -1.02%
28 Austin 7.2 32.0 28.1 289.4% -12.2% 8.87% -0.81%
29 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 37.1 30.4 27.6 -25.5% -9.0% -1.82% -0.59%
30 Sacramento-Yolo 17.0 20.4 27.3 61.0% 34.0% 3.02% 1.85%
31 Salt Lake City-Ogden 19.1 23.7 23.8 24.9% 0.6% 1.40% 0.04%
32 Providence-Fall River-Warwick 28.5 21.5 19.3 -32.4% -10.7% -2.42% -0.70%
33 Columbus 20.0 18.3 17.6 -12.4% -4.3% -0.82% -0.27%
34 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 18.9 19.7 16.3 -13.6% -17.2% -0.91% -1.17%
35 Hartford 21.2 20.8 16.0 -24.2% -22.8% -1.72% -1.60%
36 Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News 22.2 13.5 15.0 -32.3% 11.1% -2.41% 0.66%
37 Orlando 5.7 8.0 15.0 163.9% 86.8% 6.25% 3.98%
38 Kansas City 26.2 18.5 14.4 -45.1% -22.5% -3.68% -1.58%
39 Rochester 25.5 15.2 12.8 -49.8% -15.7% -4.21% -1.06%
40 Indianapolis 16.4 12.6 12.2 -25.6% -3.2% -1.84% -0.20%
41 Memphis 24.4 13.9 11.9 -51.2% -14.0% -4.38% -0.94%
42 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 10.2 12.1 11.5 12.4% -5.0% 0.74% -0.32%
43 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 3.7 4.1 9.2 147.4% 124.6% 5.82% 5.19%
44 Jacksonville 16.7 8.8 8.4 -49.8% -5.0% -4.21% -0.32%
45 Nashville 18.0 8.6 7.8 -56.8% -9.9% -5.11% -0.65%
46 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 5.0 5.9 5.5 8.5% -6.6% 0.51% -0.43%
47 Oklahoma City 2.6 3.5 3.3 29.2% -5.8% 1.62% -0.38%
48 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 4.8 4.3 3.3 -31.9% -24.0% -2.37% -1.70%
49 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 2.0 2.4 2.7 39.5% 15.1% 2.10% 0.88%
49 Metropolitan Areas 64.5 52.5 46.3 -28.3% -11.9% -2.05% -0.79%
Rest of US 5.1 4.0 3.7 -26.4% -7.0% -1.90% -0.46%
United States 36.2 31.4 27.9 -23.1% -11.3% -1.63% -0.75%


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