US Public Transport Usage,
Service Intensity & Productivity
by Metropolitan Area: 1995
Metropolitan Areas of at Least One Million Population

The following data has been derived from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database. It includes all reporting entities within metropolitan areas of more than one million population in 1995.

DATA In Millions
Metropolitan Area	Population	Vehiicle Hours	Passenger Miles	Unlinked Trips
Atlanta	3.432	3.097	639.1	146.4
Austin	1.000	0.739	91.0	27.3
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	5.508	4.785	1,397.1	327.6
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	1.184	0.900	90.9	29.0
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	1.289	0.369	45.1	11.8
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	8.590	12.264	3,259.7	546.1
Cincinnati-Hamilton	1.970	1.086	141.0	27.8
Cleveland-Akron	2.904	2.391	276.4	64.3
Columbus	1.438	0.688	73.6	17.5
Dallas-Ft. Worth	4.450	2.403	258.6	56.6
Denver-Boulder-Greeley	2.233	2.347	266.3	68.6
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	5.280	2.443	314.4	75.0
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	1.124	0.223	14.7	4.2
Hartford	1.149	0.530	63.2	19.2
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	4.164	2.822	441.5	80.8
Indianapolis	1.477	0.423	47.2	10.8
Kansas City	1.663	0.607	49.7	14.4
Las Vegas	1.139	0.740	92.4	28.5
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	15.362	11.771	2,113.9	500.6
Memphis	1.069	0.526	60.6	14.4
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	3.444	3.049	560.3	103.2
Milwaukee	1.641	1.737	157.2	60.0
Minneapolis-St. Paul	2.723	2.098	253.2	61.1
Nashville	1.094	0.286	24.1	6.6
New Orleans	1.315	1.319	211.6	75.0
New York-NNJ-Long Island	19.858	49.200	15,304.3	2,532.1
Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	1.540	0.683	65.7	13.7
Oklahoma City	1.015	0.168	14.6	3.7
Orlando	1.391	0.644	85.3	13.5
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	5.967	5.965	1,392.8	337.8
Phoenix-Mesa	2.564	1.088	143.4	36.9
Pittsburgh	2.395	2.399	319.5	73.6
Portland-Salem	2.022	2.211	279.0	72.1
Providence-Fall River-Warwick	1.128	0.649	82.1	16.1
Rochester	1.089	0.490	39.2	13.6
Sacramento-Yolo	1.605	0.669	105.1	23.7
Salt Lake City-Ogden	1.199	1.023	117.1	24.5
San Antonio	1.461	1.486	179.5	47.3
San Diego	2.644	2.227	333.2	70.1
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	6.540	10.106	2,172.6	441.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	3.265	4.233	604.2	107.7
St. Louis	2.548	1.812	198.6	51.2
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	2.180	0.931	84.7	18.2
Washington-Baltimore	7.107	8.777	2,145.8	473.9
Total	144.159	154.406	34,609.4	6,747.6

DERIVED DATA
Metropolitan Area	Passenger Miles/ Capita	Passenger Miles/ Vehicle Hour	Vehicle Hours/ Capita	Average Trip Length
Atlanta	186.2	206.4	0.902	4.367
Austin	91.0	123.1	0.739	3.329
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	253.7	292.0	0.869	4.264
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	76.8	101.1	0.760	3.132
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	35.0	122.0	0.287	3.822
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	379.5	265.8	1.428	5.969
Cincinnati-Hamilton	71.6	129.8	0.551	5.070
Cleveland-Akron	95.2	115.6	0.823	4.296
Columbus	51.2	107.0	0.479	4.199
Dallas-Ft. Worth	58.1	107.6	0.540	4.571
Denver-Boulder-Greeley	119.2	113.4	1.051	3.881
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	59.5	128.7	0.463	4.194
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	13.1	65.9	0.199	3.510
Hartford	55.0	119.1	0.461	3.289
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	106.0	156.5	0.678	5.466
Indianapolis	31.9	111.5	0.286	4.378
Kansas City	29.9	81.8	0.365	3.447
Las Vegas	81.1	124.8	0.650	3.236
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	137.6	179.6	0.766	4.223
Memphis	56.7	115.2	0.492	4.213
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	162.7	183.7	0.885	5.431
Milwaukee	95.8	90.5	1.059	2.622
Minneapolis-St. Paul	93.0	120.7	0.771	4.144
Nashville	22.0	84.1	0.262	3.647
New Orleans	160.9	160.4	1.003	2.823
New York-NNJ-Long Island	770.7	311.1	2.478	6.044
Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	42.7	96.2	0.443	4.809
Oklahoma City	14.4	86.9	0.166	3.983
Orlando	61.3	132.5	0.463	6.341
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	233.4	233.5	1.000	4.124
Phoenix-Mesa	55.9	131.8	0.424	3.886
Pittsburgh	133.4	133.2	1.002	4.339
Portland-Salem	138.0	126.2	1.093	3.867
Providence-Fall River-Warwick	72.8	126.4	0.576	5.111
Rochester	36.0	80.1	0.450	2.881
Sacramento-Yolo	65.5	157.2	0.417	4.430
Salt Lake City-Ogden	97.7	114.5	0.853	4.781
San Antonio	122.9	120.8	1.017	3.795
San Diego	126.0	149.6	0.842	4.752
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	332.2	215.0	1.545	4.923
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	185.1	142.7	1.296	5.609
St. Louis	77.9	109.6	0.711	3.881
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	38.8	90.9	0.427	4.664
Washington-Baltimore	301.9	244.5	1.235	4.528
Average	240.1	224.1	1.071	5.129

INDEX VALUES (% of Highest Scoring Metropolitan Area -- New York)
Metropolitan Area	Usage (Passenger Miles per Capita)	Service Intensity (Vehicle Hours per Capita)	Service Productivity (Passenger Miles per Vehicle Hour)
Atlanta	24.2%	36.4%	66.3%
Austin	11.8%	29.8%	39.6%
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	32.9%	35.1%	93.9%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	10.0%	30.7%	32.5%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	4.5%	11.6%	39.2%
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	49.2%	57.6%	85.5%
Cincinnati-Hamilton	9.3%	22.3%	41.7%
Cleveland-Akron	12.4%	33.2%	37.2%
Columbus	6.6%	19.3%	34.4%
Dallas-Ft. Worth	7.5%	21.8%	34.6%
Denver-Boulder-Greeley	15.5%	42.4%	36.5%
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	7.7%	18.7%	41.4%
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	1.7%	8.0%	21.2%
Hartford	7.1%	18.6%	38.3%
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	13.8%	27.3%	50.3%
Indianapolis	4.1%	11.6%	35.8%
Kansas City	3.9%	14.7%	26.3%
Las Vegas	10.5%	26.2%	40.1%
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	17.9%	30.9%	57.7%
Memphis	7.4%	19.9%	37.0%
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	21.1%	35.7%	59.1%
Milwaukee	12.4%	42.7%	29.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul	12.1%	31.1%	38.8%
Nashville	2.9%	10.6%	27.0%
New Orleans	20.9%	40.5%	51.6%
New York-NNJ-Long Island	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	5.5%	17.9%	30.9%
Oklahoma City	1.9%	6.7%	27.9%
Orlando	8.0%	18.7%	42.6%
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	30.3%	40.3%	75.1%
Phoenix-Mesa	7.3%	17.1%	42.4%
Pittsburgh	17.3%	40.4%	42.8%
Portland-Salem	17.9%	44.1%	40.6%
Providence-Fall River-Warwick	9.4%	23.2%	40.6%
Rochester	4.7%	18.1%	25.7%
Sacramento-Yolo	8.5%	16.8%	50.5%
Salt Lake City-Ogden	12.7%	34.4%	36.8%
San Antonio	15.9%	41.0%	38.8%
San Diego	16.4%	34.0%	48.1%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	43.1%	62.4%	69.1%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	24.0%	52.3%	45.9%
St. Louis	10.1%	28.7%	35.2%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	5.0%	17.2%	29.2%
Washington-Baltimore	39.2%	49.8%	78.6%
Average	31.2%	43.2%	72.1%

METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY PASSENGER USAGE (Millions of Passenger Miles)
1	New York-NNJ-Long Island	15,304.3
2	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	3,259.7
3	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	2,172.6
4	Washington-Baltimore	2,145.8
5	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	2,113.9
6	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	1,397.1
7	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	1,392.8
8	Atlanta	639.1
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	604.2
10	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	560.3
11	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	441.5
12	San Diego	333.2
13	Pittsburgh	319.5
14	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	314.4
15	Portland-Salem	279.0
16	Cleveland-Akron	276.4
17	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	266.3
18	Dallas-Ft. Worth	258.6
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul	253.2
20	New Orleans	211.6
21	St. Louis	198.6
22	San Antonio	179.5
23	Milwaukee	157.2
24	Phoenix-Mesa	143.4
25	Cincinnati-Hamilton	141.0
26	Salt Lake City-Ogden	117.1
27	Sacramento-Yolo	105.1
28	Las Vegas	92.4
29	Austin	91.0
30	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	90.9
31	Orlando	85.3
32	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	84.7
33	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	82.1
34	Columbus	73.6
35	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	65.7
36	Hartford	63.2
37	Memphis	60.6
38	Kansas City	49.7
39	Indianapolis	47.2
40	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	45.1
41	Rochester	39.2
42	Nashville	24.1
43	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	14.7
44	Oklahoma City	14.6

METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY SERVICE LEVEL (Millions of Service Hours)
1	New York-NNJ-Long Island	49.200
2	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	12.264
3	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	11.771
4	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	10.106
5	Washington-Baltimore	8.777
6	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	5.965
7	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	4.785
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	4.233
9	Atlanta	3.097
10	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	3.049
11	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	2.822
12	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	2.443
13	Dallas-Ft. Worth	2.403
14	Pittsburgh	2.399
15	Cleveland-Akron	2.391
16	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	2.347
17	San Diego	2.227
18	Portland-Salem	2.211
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul	2.098
20	St. Louis	1.812
21	Milwaukee	1.737
22	San Antonio	1.486
23	New Orleans	1.319
24	Phoenix-Mesa	1.088
25	Cincinnati-Hamilton	1.086
26	Salt Lake City-Ogden	1.023
27	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	0.931
28	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	0.900
29	Las Vegas	0.740
30	Austin	0.739
31	Columbus	0.688
32	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	0.683
33	Sacramento-Yolo	0.669
34	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	0.649
35	Orlando	0.644
36	Kansas City	0.607
37	Hartford	0.530
38	Memphis	0.526
39	Rochester	0.490
40	Indianapolis	0.423
41	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	0.369
42	Nashville	0.286
43	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	0.223
44	Oklahoma City	0.168

METROPLITAN AREAS RANKED BY ANNUAL PASSENGER MILES PER CAPITA
1	New York-NNJ-Long Island	770.7
2	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	379.5
3	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	332.2
4	Washington-Baltimore	301.9
5	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	253.7
6	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	233.4
7	Atlanta	186.2
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	185.1
9	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	162.7
10	New Orleans	160.9
11	Portland-Salem	138.0
12	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	137.6
13	Pittsburgh	133.4
14	San Diego	126.0
15	San Antonio	122.9
16	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	119.2
17	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	106.0
18	Salt Lake City-Ogden	97.7
19	Milwaukee	95.8
20	Cleveland-Akron	95.2
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul	93.0
22	Austin	91.0
23	Las Vegas	81.1
24	St. Louis	77.9
25	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	76.8
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	72.8
27	Cincinnati-Hamilton	71.6
28	Sacramento-Yolo	65.5
29	Orlando	61.3
30	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	59.5
31	Dallas-Ft. Worth	58.1
32	Memphis	56.7
33	Phoenix-Mesa	55.9
34	Hartford	55.0
35	Columbus	51.2
36	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	42.7
37	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	38.8
38	Rochester	36.0
39	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	35.0
40	Indianapolis	31.9
41	Kansas City	29.9
42	Nashville	22.0
43	Oklahoma City	14.4
44	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	13.1

METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY ANNUAL PASSENGER MILES PER VEHICLE HOUR
1	New York-NNJ-Long Island	311.1
2	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	292.0
3	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	265.8
4	Washington-Baltimore	244.5
5	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	233.5
6	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	215.0
7	Atlanta	206.4
8	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	183.7
9	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	179.6
10	New Orleans	160.4
11	Sacramento-Yolo	157.2
12	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	156.5
13	San Diego	149.6
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	142.7
15	Pittsburgh	133.2
16	Orlando	132.5
17	Phoenix-Mesa	131.8
18	Cincinnati-Hamilton	129.8
19	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	128.7
20	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	126.4
21	Portland-Salem	126.2
22	Las Vegas	124.8
23	Austin	123.1
24	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	122.0
25	San Antonio	120.8
26	Minneapolis-St. Paul	120.7
27	Hartford	119.1
28	Cleveland-Akron	115.6
29	Memphis	115.2
30	Salt Lake City-Ogden	114.5
31	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	113.4
32	Indianapolis	111.5
33	St. Louis	109.6
34	Dallas-Ft. Worth	107.6
35	Columbus	107.0
36	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	101.1
37	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	96.2
38	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	90.9
39	Milwaukee	90.5
40	Oklahoma City	86.9
41	Nashville	84.1
42	Kansas City	81.8
43	Rochester	80.1
44	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	65.9

METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY SERVICE INTENSITY (Vehicle Hours per Capita)
1	New York-NNJ-Long Island	2.478
2	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	1.545
3	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	1.428
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	1.296
5	Washington-Baltimore	1.235
6	Portland-Salem	1.093
7	Milwaukee	1.059
8	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	1.051
9	San Antonio	1.017
10	New Orleans	1.003
11	Pittsburgh	1.002
12	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	1.000
13	Atlanta	0.902
14	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	0.885
15	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	0.869
16	Salt Lake City-Ogden	0.853
17	San Diego	0.842
18	Cleveland-Akron	0.823
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul	0.771
20	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	0.766
21	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	0.760
22	Austin	0.739
23	St. Louis	0.711
24	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	0.678
25	Las Vegas	0.650
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	0.576
27	Cincinnati-Hamilton	0.551
28	Dallas-Ft. Worth	0.540
29	Memphis	0.492
30	Columbus	0.479
31	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	0.463
32	Orlando	0.463
33	Hartford	0.461
34	Rochester	0.450
35	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	0.443
36	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	0.427
37	Phoenix-Mesa	0.424
38	Sacramento-Yolo	0.417
39	Kansas City	0.365
40	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	0.287
41	Indianapolis	0.286
42	Nashville	0.262
43	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	0.199
44	Oklahoma City	0.166

METROPOLITAN AREAS RANKED BY AVERAGE UNLINKED TRIP LENGTH (In Miles)
1	Orlando	6.341
2	New York-NNJ-Long Island	6.044
3	Chicago-Gary-Kenosha	5.969
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton	5.609
5	Houston-Galveston-Brazoria	5.466
6	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	5.431
7	Providence-Fall River-Warwick	5.111
8	Cincinnati-Hamilton	5.070
9	San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose	4.923
10	Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News	4.809
11	Salt Lake City-Ogden	4.781
12	San Diego	4.752
13	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater	4.664
14	Dallas-Ft. Worth	4.571
15	Washington-Baltimore	4.528
16	Sacramento-Yolo	4.430
17	Indianapolis	4.378
18	Atlanta	4.367
19	Pittsburgh	4.339
20	Cleveland-Akron	4.296
21	Boston-Worcester-Lawrence	4.264
22	Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co	4.223
23	Memphis	4.213
24	Columbus	4.199
25	Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint	4.194
26	Minneapolis-St. Paul	4.144
27	Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City	4.124
28	Oklahoma City	3.983
29	Phoenix-Mesa	3.886
30	Denver-Boulder-Greeley	3.881
31	St. Louis	3.881
32	Portland-Salem	3.867
33	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill	3.822
34	San Antonio	3.795
35	Nashville	3.647
36	Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point	3.510
37	Kansas City	3.447
38	Austin	3.329
39	Hartford	3.289
40	Las Vegas	3.236
41	Buffalo-Niagara Falls	3.132
42	Rochester	2.881
43	New Orleans	2.823
44	Milwaukee	2.622