US Public Transport Passenger Miles Ranked by Metropolitan Area: 1998

Ranking by Annual Passenger Miles per Capita: Metropolitan Areas of 500,000 and Over Population: 1998
Rank Areas 1998 NTDB Passenger Miles 1998 Census Bureau Population Estimate Passenger Miles per Capita Passenger Kilometers per Capita
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 16,890,711,534 20,124,377 839.32 2,173.83
2 Honolulu, HI MSA 359,029,811 872,478 411.51 1,065.80
3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 3,476,317,745 8,809,846 394.59 1,022.00
4 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 2,389,343,742 6,816,047 350.55 907.92
5 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 2,223,829,229 7,285,206 305.25 790.60
6 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 1,588,722,256 5,633,060 282.04 730.47
7 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 1,352,987,392 5,988,348 225.94 585.18
8 Atlanta, GA MSA 762,465,567 3,746,059 203.54 527.16
9 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 657,176,620 3,424,361 191.91 497.05
10 San Diego, CA MSA 471,741,129 2,780,592 169.65 439.41
11 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 350,006,996 2,149,056 162.87 421.82
12 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 2,527,969,199 15,781,273 160.19 414.89
13 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 564,694,401 3,655,844 154.46 400.06
14 New Orleans, LA MSA 202,203,688 1,309,445 154.42 399.95
15 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 320,306,959 2,346,153 136.52 353.60
16 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 322,582,790 2,365,345 136.38 353.22
17 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 198,752,949 1,645,924 120.75 312.75
18 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 525,735,818 4,407,579 119.28 308.93
19 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 145,442,059 1,321,546 110.05 285.04
20 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 318,045,488 2,911,683 109.23 282.91
21 San Antonio, TX MSA 165,088,716 1,538,338 107.32 277.95
22 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 254,003,109 2,563,801 99.07 256.60
23 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 250,695,430 2,831,234 88.55 229.33
24 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 97,190,328 1,105,909 87.88 227.62
25 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 167,706,789 1,948,264 86.08 222.95
26 El Paso, TX MSA 60,164,968 703,127 85.57 221.62
27 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 101,322,034 1,267,745 79.92 207.00
28 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 133,727,016 1,685,812 79.32 205.45
29 Tucson, AZ MSA 56,760,603 790,755 71.78 185.91
30 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 80,340,490 1,152,541 69.71 180.54
31 Hartford, CT MSA 77,589,619 1,143,859 67.83 175.68
32 Orlando, FL MSA 100,658,703 1,504,569 66.90 173.28
33 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 307,881,648 4,802,463 64.11 166.04
34 Louisville, KY-IN MSA 59,129,473 999,267 59.17 153.26
35 Springfield, MA MSA 33,494,908 573,727 58.38 151.21
36 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 62,984,439 1,093,427 57.60 149.19
37 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 64,049,162 1,122,974 57.04 147.72
38 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 302,661,243 5,457,583 55.46 143.63
39 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA 49,832,741 948,522 52.54 136.07
40 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA 44,370,087 871,604 50.91 131.85
41 Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA 27,709,138 550,445 50.34 130.38
42 Columbus, OH MSA 73,676,286 1,469,604 50.13 129.85
43 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 76,497,757 1,542,143 49.60 128.48
44 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 138,547,687 2,931,004 47.27 122.43
45 Fresno, CA MSA 37,453,608 870,478 43.03 111.44
46 Jacksonville, FL MSA 41,716,598 1,044,684 39.93 103.42
47 Syracuse, NY MSA 28,909,123 734,640 39.35 101.92
48 Rochester, NY MSA 41,292,272 1,081,883 38.17 98.85
49 Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA 35,563,664 957,032 37.16 96.25
50 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 51,363,960 1,383,080 37.14 96.19
51 Toledo, OH MSA 22,116,000 609,935 36.26 93.91
52 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 78,917,502 2,256,559 34.97 90.58
53 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 60,008,642 1,737,025 34.55 89.48
54 Albuquerque, NM MSA 21,872,130 678,633 32.23 83.47
55 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 34,480,154 1,079,873 31.93 82.70
56 Indianapolis, IN MSA 47,112,516 1,519,194 31.01 80.32
57 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA 17,739,898 615,491 28.82 74.65
58 Omaha, NE-IA MSA 19,446,794 693,900 28.03 72.59
59 Bakersfield, CA MSA 16,508,968 631,459 26.14 67.71
60 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA 13,841,037 541,159 25.58 66.24
61 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 23,841,739 1,032,625 23.09 59.80
62 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA 12,770,372 556,295 22.96 59.46
63 Nashville, TN MSA 26,046,650 1,156,225 22.53 58.35
64 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA 11,843,364 543,082 21.81 56.48
65 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 13,372,476 616,877 21.68 56.15
66 Baton Rouge, LA MSA 11,247,907 575,129 19.56 50.65
67 Tulsa, OK MSA 14,591,702 776,906 18.78 48.64
68 Wichita, KS MSA 9,678,780 544,343 17.78 46.05
69 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 15,687,954 1,037,933 15.11 39.15
70 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 15,106,890 1,038,999 14.54 37.66
71 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA 8,866,340 616,031 14.39 37.28
72 Columbia, SC MSA 6,979,264 512,316 13.62 35.28
73 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 12,826,857 1,167,629 10.99 28.45
74 Mobile, AL MSA 5,414,424 532,257 10.17 26.35
75 Knoxville, TN MSA 4,741,882 659,074 7.19 18.63
76 Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA 3,213,465 591,752 5.43 14.06
77 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 3,246,542 918,351 3.54 9.16
78 Birmingham, AL MSA 748,036 908,508 0.82 2.13
Calculated from US Census Bureau and US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database Information.

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