US Public Transport Expenditures per Passenger Mile
1999 by Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Area Operating Expenditures per Passenger Mile Rank: Lowest to Highest Operating & Capital Expenditures per Passenger Mile Rank: Lowest to Highest
Atlanta $0.348 4 $0.600 15
Austin $0.544 27 $0.713 22
Boston $0.398 9 $0.578 10
Buffalo $0.801 49 $0.922 36
Charlotte $0.437 13 $0.700 21
Chicago $0.367 6 $0.475 4
Cincinnati $0.418 11 $0.489 5
Cleveland $0.695 40 $0.871 33
Columbus $0.712 43 $0.901 35
Denver $0.533 25 $0.767 25
Detroit $0.773 46 $0.843 31
Dallas-Fort Worth $0.787 48 $1.558 48
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point $1.471 50 $1.684 49
Grand Rapids $0.787 47 $1.066 45
Hartford $0.583 31 $0.592 14
Honolulu $0.273 1 $0.300 1
Houston $0.392 8 $0.718 23
Indianapolis $0.477 19 $0.543 7
Jacksonville $0.662 38 $0.782 26
Kansas City $0.743 44 $0.943 39
Los Angeles $0.495 23 $0.583 12
Las Vegas $0.298 2 $0.415 3
Louisville $0.613 32 $0.847 32
Memphis $0.472 17 $0.642 16
Miami $0.457 16 $0.581 11
Milwaukee $0.542 26 $0.561 9
Minneapolis-St. Paul $0.581 30 $0.822 29
New Orleans $0.477 20 $0.546 8
Norfolk $0.430 12 $0.668 18
Nashville $0.707 41 $1.017 43
New York $0.361 5 $0.534 6
Oklahoma City $0.576 28 $0.925 37
Orlando $0.375 7 $0.728 24
Pittsburgh $0.653 36 $1.042 44
Philadelphia $0.486 22 $0.690 20
Phoenix $0.620 33 $0.983 42
Portland $0.513 24 $0.819 28
Providence $0.656 37 $0.950 40
Raleigh-Durham $0.647 35 $1.070 46
Rochester $0.751 45 $0.959 41
Sacramento $0.450 15 $0.677 19
San Antonio $0.404 10 $0.586 13
San Diego $0.328 3 $0.394 2
Seattle $0.577 29 $1.142 47
San Francisco-San Jose $0.473 18 $0.837 30
Salt Lake City $0.711 42 $1.703 50
St. Louis $0.486 21 $0.940 38
Tampa-St. Petersburg $0.628 34 $0.788 27
Washington-Baltimore $0.448 14 $0.648 17
West Palm Beach $0.690 39 $0.880 34
Average $0.562   $0.800  
Database: Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 plus Honolulu      
Calculated from National Transit Database, 1999      

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