1999 US Public Transport Per Capita
Expenditures & Operating Costs
by Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Area Per Capita Operating Expenditures Rank Per Capita Operating & Capital Expenditures Rank
Atlanta $72.71 14 $125.20 11
Austin $49.35 24 $64.67 25
Boston $125.05 5 $181.29 6
Buffalo $56.86 19 $65.44 24
Charlotte $18.11 45 $29.03 44
Chicago $143.69 3 $185.87 5
Cincinnati $33.66 34 $39.38 36
Cleveland $74.59 13 $93.53 16
Columbus $37.12 32 $46.95 33
Denver $79.69 11 $114.65 13
Detroit $42.60 27 $46.45 34
Dallas-Fort Worth $55.30 21 $109.42 14
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point $10.64 48 $12.18 50
Grand Rapids $9.84 49 $13.32 49
Hartford $39.25 28 $39.87 35
Honolulu $106.39 8 $116.95 12
Houston $47.44 25 $86.99 20
Indianapolis $16.49 47 $18.80 47
Jacksonville $27.50 37 $32.50 40
Kansas City $25.46 40 $32.29 41
Los Angeles $76.90 12 $90.44 18
Las Vegas $36.11 33 $50.23 31
Louisville $38.17 29 $52.73 29
Memphis $26.44 39 $35.99 38
Miami $70.36 15 $89.38 19
Milwaukee $68.67 17 $70.98 22
Minneapolis-St. Paul $64.22 18 $90.79 17
New Orleans $70.07 16 $80.29 21
Norfolk $22.26 42 $34.60 39
Nashville $16.99 46 $24.46 46
New York $314.49 1 $464.83 1
Oklahoma City $9.09 50 $14.60 48
Orlando $26.92 38 $52.29 30
Pittsburgh $87.85 10 $140.21 9
Philadelphia $116.28 7 $165.07 7
Phoenix $30.09 35 $47.71 32
Portland $91.63 9 $146.17 8
Providence $37.58 31 $54.38 28
Raleigh-Durham $18.85 44 $31.16 43
Rochester $28.25 36 $36.08 37
Sacramento $37.80 30 $56.96 27
San Antonio $44.48 26 $64.58 26
San Diego $56.52 20 $67.91 23
Seattle $117.37 6 $232.40 3
San Francisco-San Jose $170.47 2 $301.61 2
Salt Lake City $52.78 22 $126.34 10
St. Louis $49.88 23 $96.53 15
Tampa-St. Petersburg $21.58 43 $27.06 45
Washington-Baltimore $137.82 4 $199.25 4
West Palm Beach $25.03 41 $31.91 42
Average $60.73   $88.63  
Database: Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 plus Honolulu    
Calculated from National Transit Database, 1999      

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