US Public Transport Per Capita Ridership
1999 by Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Area Per Capita Boardings Rank Per Capita Passenger Miles Rank
Atlanta 43.0 10 208.8 8
Austin 31.2 17 90.7 24
Boston 65.0 6 313.9 5
Buffalo 23.5 23 71.0 29
Charlotte 9.1 41 41.5 40
Chicago 65.5 5 391.4 2
Cincinnati 15.3 30 80.6 26
Cleveland 25.7 22 107.3 22
Columbus 12.6 35 52.1 36
Denver 30.8 18 149.5 14
Detroit 11.4 37 55.1 35
Dallas-Fort Worth 14.8 31 70.2 30
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 4.3 48 7.2 50
Grand Rapids 3.7 50 12.5 49
Hartford 16.5 29 67.3 31
Honolulu 76.6 2 390.2 3
Houston 22.0 24 121.1 19
Indianapolis 7.3 45 34.6 43
Jacksonville 8.0 44 41.5 39
Kansas City 8.8 42 34.2 45
Los Angeles 36.8 13 155.2 12
Las Vegas 38.6 12 121.1 18
Louisville 16.9 28 62.2 32
Memphis 10.8 39 56.0 34
Miami 28.6 19 153.9 13
Milwaukee 43.9 9 126.6 17
Minneapolis-St. Paul 26.4 21 110.5 20
New Orleans 49.1 8 146.9 15
Norfolk 11.3 38 51.8 37
Nashville 5.9 46 24.0 47
New York 155.1 1 870.8 1
Oklahoma City 4.1 49 15.8 48
Orlando 12.9 34 71.9 28
Pittsburgh 32.5 16 134.5 16
Philadelphia 53.0 7 239.2 7
Phoenix 13.0 33 48.5 38
Portland 42.8 11 178.6 10
Providence 14.2 32 57.3 33
Raleigh-Durham 10.1 40 29.1 46
Rochester 12.0 36 37.6 41
Sacramento 18.5 26 84.1 25
San Antonio 28.1 20 110.2 21
San Diego 34.3 15 172.5 11
Seattle 36.6 14 203.6 9
San Francisco-San Jose 69.1 3 360.5 4
Salt Lake City 18.0 27 74.2 27
St. Louis 21.4 25 102.6 23
Tampa-St. Petersburg 8.2 43 34.4 44
Washington-Baltimore 67.1 4 307.5 6
West Palm Beach 5.5 47 36.3 42
Average 28.4   130.4  
Database: Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 plus Honolulu    
Calculated from National Transit Database, 1999      

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