Metropolitan US Transit Market Share Trend
From 1993 Low Point to 1999

Metropolitan Area Estimated Transit Market Share: 1999 Estimated Transit Market Share: 1993 Estimated Change Since 1993
Atlanta, GA MSA 0.98% 1.06% -8.0%
Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA 0.51% 0.54% -5.9%
Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA 2.62% 2.75% -4.6%
Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA 0.63% 0.73% -13.6%
Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA 0.25% 0.32% -21.3%
Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA 3.26% 3.70% -11.9%
Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA 0.54% 0.61% -11.5%
Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA 0.88% 0.80% 10.1%
Columbus, OH MSA 0.36% 0.37% -1.6%
Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA 1.11% 1.07% 3.9%
Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA 0.43% 0.61% -29.5%
Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA 0.40% 0.44% -9.5%
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 0.05% 0.07% -26.6%
Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA 0.06% 0.06% -7.4%
Hartford, CT MSA 0.47% 0.54% -13.1%
Honolulu, HI MSA 4.09% 4.67% -12.3%
Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA 0.68% 0.76% -11.0%
Indianapolis, IN MSA 0.21% 0.24% -12.5%
Jacksonville, FL MSA 0.25% 0.36% -30.0%
Kansas City, MO--KS MSA 0.20% 0.24% -16.4%
Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA 1.21% 1.16% 4.1%
Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA 1.13% 0.62% 83.3%
Louisville, KY--IN MSA 0.38% 0.52% -27.4%
Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA 0.42% 0.52% -19.6%
Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 1.29% 1.54% -16.2%
Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA 0.85% 0.70% 21.0%
Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA 0.77% 0.79% -2.0%
New Orleans, LA MSA 1.77% 1.62% 9.5%
Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA 0.35% 0.30% 18.2%
Nashville, TN MSA 0.11% 0.13% -11.2%
New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA 8.56% 7.27% 17.8%
Oklahoma City, OK MSA 0.11% 0.14% -22.4%
Orlando, FL MSA 0.45% 0.32% 40.6%
Pittsburgh, PA MSA 1.13% 1.22% -7.1%
Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA 2.35% 2.66% -11.5%
Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA 0.38% 0.39% -1.1%
Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA 1.43% 1.43% 0.3%
Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA 0.44% 0.47% -5.8%
Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA 0.13% 0.13% -2.2%
Rochester, NY MSA 0.27% 0.32% -17.3%
Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA 0.70% 0.57% 23.7%
San Antonio, TX MSA 0.75% 0.86% -12.8%
San Diego, CA MSA 1.40% 1.14% 22.7%
Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA 1.36% 1.25% 8.8%
San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA 2.81% 3.29% -14.7%
Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA 0.57% 0.71% -20.6%
St. Louis, MO--IL MSA 0.60% 0.51% 17.5%
Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA 0.26% 0.29% -11.4%
Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA 2.28% 2.54% -10.0%
West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA 0.27% 0.16% 64.2%
Major Metropolitan 1.90% 1.84% 3.5%
Other Urban 0.30% 0.30% -16.9%
Total Urban 1.59% 1.59% 1.2%
Exhibit: Major Metropolitan Excluding New York 1.18% 1.21% -2.2%
Calculated from National Transit Database, US Census Bureau Texas Transportation Institute and Federal Highway Administration data.
Major metropolitan areas include the 49 areas with more than 1,000,000 population in 1999 and Honolulu (the only metropolitan area smaller than 1,000,000 with a higher than US average annual unlinked transit trips per capita.)

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