US Public Transport Market Share
Rankings by Metropolitan Area: 1999

Rank Metropolitan Area Estimated Transit Market Share: 1999
1 New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA 8.56%
2 Honolulu, HI MSA 4.09%
3 Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA 3.26%
4 San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA 2.81%
5 Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA 2.62%
6 Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA 2.35%
7 Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA 2.28%
8 New Orleans, LA MSA 1.77%
9 Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA 1.43%
10 San Diego, CA MSA 1.40%
11 Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA 1.36%
12 Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 1.29%
13 Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA 1.21%
14 Pittsburgh, PA MSA 1.13%
15 Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA 1.13%
16 Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA 1.11%
17 Atlanta, GA MSA 0.98%
18 Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA 0.88%
19 Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA 0.85%
20 Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA 0.77%
21 San Antonio, TX MSA 0.75%
22 Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA 0.70%
23 Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA 0.68%
24 Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA 0.63%
25 St. Louis, MO--IL MSA 0.60%
26 Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA 0.57%
27 Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA 0.54%
28 Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA 0.51%
29 Hartford, CT MSA 0.47%
30 Orlando, FL MSA 0.45%
31 Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA 0.44%
32 Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA 0.43%
33 Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA 0.42%
34 Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA 0.40%
35 Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA 0.38%
36 Louisville, KY--IN MSA 0.38%
37 Columbus, OH MSA 0.36%
38 Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA 0.35%
39 West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA 0.27%
40 Rochester, NY MSA 0.27%
41 Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA 0.26%
42 Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA 0.25%
43 Jacksonville, FL MSA 0.25%
44 Indianapolis, IN MSA 0.21%
45 Kansas City, MO--KS MSA 0.20%
46 Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA 0.13%
47 Nashville, TN MSA 0.11%
48 Oklahoma City, OK MSA 0.11%
49 Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA 0.06%
50 Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 0.05%
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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