US Public Transport Service Hours Per Capita Ranked by Metropolitan Area: 1998

Ranking by Annual Service Hours per Capita: Metropolitan Areas of 500,000 and Over Population: 1998
Rank Areas 1998 Service Hours (Revenue Hours) 1998 Census Bureau Population Estimate Service Hours per Capita
1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA 45,301,079 20,124,377 2.251
2 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA 9,675,982 6,816,047 1.420
3 Honolulu, HI MSA 1,189,634 872,478 1.364
4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA 11,312,865 8,809,846 1.284
5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA 4,157,589 3,424,361 1.214
6 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA 8,266,335 7,285,206 1.135
7 Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA 2,236,873 2,149,056 1.041
8 Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA 1,659,851 1,645,924 1.008
9 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA 5,297,992 5,988,348 0.885
10 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA 4,953,471 5,633,060 0.879
11 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 2,062,448 2,346,153 0.879
12 New Orleans, LA MSA 1,141,689 1,309,445 0.872
13 San Antonio, TX MSA 1,334,877 1,538,338 0.868
14 Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA 1,956,335 2,365,345 0.827
15 San Diego, CA MSA 2,296,304 2,780,592 0.826
16 Atlanta, GA MSA 3,050,737 3,746,059 0.814
17 Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA 899,465 1,105,909 0.813
18 Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA 2,361,373 2,911,683 0.811
19 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 2,932,706 3,655,844 0.802
20 Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA 1,028,774 1,321,546 0.778
21 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA 11,689,398 15,781,273 0.741
22 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA 806,193 1,152,541 0.699
23 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA 877,564 1,267,745 0.692
24 Tucson, AZ MSA 506,558 790,755 0.641
25 Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA 602,327 948,522 0.635
26 El Paso, TX MSA 445,684 703,127 0.634
27 Louisville, KY-IN MSA 623,328 999,267 0.624
28 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 2,746,988 4,407,579 0.623
29 Springfield, MA MSA 353,136 573,727 0.616
30 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA 1,692,391 2,831,234 0.598
31 St Louis, MO-IL MSA 1,426,849 2,563,801 0.557
32 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA 460,572 871,604 0.528
33 Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA 1,020,574 1,948,264 0.524
34 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 2,479,119 4,802,463 0.516
35 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA 2,801,634 5,457,583 0.513
36 Hartford, CT MSA 571,493 1,143,859 0.500
37 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA 740,597 1,542,143 0.480
38 Orlando, FL MSA 711,711 1,504,569 0.473
39 Jacksonville, FL MSA 485,960 1,044,684 0.465
40 Columbus, OH MSA 654,377 1,469,604 0.445
41 Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA 741,900 1,685,812 0.440
42 Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA 405,827 957,032 0.424
43 Omaha, NE-IA MSA 289,276 693,900 0.417
44 Rochester, NY MSA 447,881 1,081,883 0.414
45 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA 454,166 1,122,974 0.404
46 Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA 440,513 1,093,427 0.403
47 Syracuse, NY MSA 284,780 734,640 0.388
48 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA 871,771 2,256,559 0.386
49 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA 393,497 1,032,625 0.381
50 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA 1,085,496 2,931,004 0.370
51 Albuquerque, NM MSA 245,752 678,633 0.362
52 Toledo, OH MSA 212,326 609,935 0.348
53 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA 354,358 1,079,873 0.328
54 Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA 177,817 550,445 0.323
55 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA 555,331 1,737,025 0.320
56 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA 167,021 556,295 0.300
57 Bakersfield, CA MSA 185,924 631,459 0.294
58 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA 158,172 541,159 0.292
59 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA 392,689 1,383,080 0.284
60 Indianapolis, IN MSA 406,835 1,519,194 0.268
61 Fresno, CA MSA 222,152 870,478 0.255
62 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA 155,462 616,877 0.252
63 Columbia, SC MSA 123,733 512,316 0.242
64 Nashville, TN MSA 275,661 1,156,225 0.238
65 Tulsa, OK MSA 183,837 776,906 0.237
66 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA 126,571 543,082 0.233
67 Knoxville, TN MSA 149,863 659,074 0.227
68 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA 139,098 615,491 0.226
69 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA 214,031 1,037,933 0.206
70 Baton Rouge, LA MSA 114,843 575,129 0.200
71 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 206,564 1,167,629 0.177
72 Wichita, KS MSA 94,188 544,343 0.173
73 Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA 103,511 616,031 0.168
74 Birmingham, AL MSA 150,016 908,508 0.165
75 Mobile, AL MSA 85,629 532,257 0.161
76 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 162,508 1,038,999 0.156
77 Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA 90,861 591,752 0.154
78 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA 43,886 918,351 0.048
Calculated from US Census Bureau and US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database Information.

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