US Public Transport:
Metropolitan Per Capita Ridership 2000
Rank by Boardings

PER CAPITA PASSENGER MILES AND BOARDINGS        
Rank Metropolitan Area 1990 Passenger Miles 2000 Passenger Miles Change 1990 Boardings 2000 Boardings Change
1 New York 790.2 880.7 11.5% 143.7 152.6 6.2%
2 Honolulu 402.3 352.8 -12.3% 87.9 76.0 -13.5%
3 San Francisco 362.3 370.7 2.3% 73.0 70.2 -3.9%
4 Washington-Baltimore 311.7 322.3 3.4% 72.8 65.3 -10.3%
5 Chicago 442.8 400.6 -9.5% 84.6 64.9 -23.3%
6 Boston 227.6 296.9 30.5% 62.5 63.4 1.4%
7 Philadelphia 253.3 231.1 -8.7% 63.1 52.4 -16.9%
8 New Orleans 176.2 131.3 -25.5% 64.0 44.6 -30.4%
9 Milwaukee 113.7 126.9 11.6% 42.2 43.9 4.0%
10 Portland 123.2 174.9 42.0% 34.0 42.8 25.9%
11 Atlanta 218.3 194.4 -10.9% 50.5 41.3 -18.3%
12 Los Angeles 148.9 159.7 7.3% 36.2 37.7 4.1%
13 Seattle 184.8 204.5 10.7% 34.0 36.7 8.0%
14 San Diego 149.6 185.6 24.1% 26.9 36.0 33.9%
15 Pittsburgh 173.6 141.2 -18.7% 36.2 31.8 -12.0%
16 Las Vegas 30.7 105.4 242.9% 8.6 31.7 267.3%
17 Austin 123.4 92.8 -24.8% 37.9 30.0 -20.8%
18 Denver 115.2 142.8 23.9% 28.1 29.9 6.2%
19 Miami 147.9 146.4 -1.0% 28.7 28.3 -1.3%
20 San Antonio 139.2 107.8 -22.6% 31.6 27.9 -11.8%
21 Minneapolis-St. Paul 103.7 115.6 11.5% 27.4 26.2 -4.5%
22 Cleveland 108.4 106.2 -2.1% 28.4 24.8 -12.7%
23 Buffalo 74.9 72.3 -3.4% 25.5 24.7 -3.2%
24 Houston 123.2 120.2 -2.4% 24.4 21.1 -13.6%
25 St. Louis 77.0 100.0 29.8% 17.8 20.5 15.4%
26 Salt Lake City 139.4 91.5 -34.3% 22.1 17.9 -19.0%
27 Sacramento 66.6 82.6 24.2% 13.8 17.8 29.6%
28 Hartford 62.4 60.6 -2.8% 17.9 15.9 -11.3%
29 Cincinnati 95.0 91.2 -4.0% 19.4 15.8 -18.8%
30 Lousville 79.7 54.4 -31.7% 22.9 15.2 -33.8%
31 Dallas-Fort Worth 65.2 66.5 2.0% 13.8 14.0 1.6%
32 Providence 71.9 34.1 -52.5% 19.0 13.4 -29.4%
33 Detroit 83.5 60.6 -27.4% 19.4 12.8 -33.9%
34 Orlando 29.8 72.7 144.1% 6.6 12.6 92.4%
35 Columbus 63.8 48.9 -23.4% 13.6 12.2 -10.7%
36 Rochester 43.9 35.8 -18.4% 14.3 11.9 -17.0%
37 Phoenix 58.1 44.9 -22.8% 13.9 11.8 -15.1%
38 Norfolk 43.5 52.7 20.9% 9.4 11.7 24.2%
39 Memphis 65.3 54.4 -16.6% 13.8 10.2 -25.5%
40 Raleigh-Durham 13.8 28.8 108.2% 4.8 9.6 99.8%
41 Charlotte 40.1 37.2 -7.3% 10.4 8.6 -17.2%
42 Kansas City 44.1 34.7 -21.5% 11.7 8.5 -27.8%
43 Tampa-St. Petersburg 48.3 34.0 -29.8% 9.5 7.8 -18.0%
44 Jacksonville 49.7 41.6 -16.4% 9.7 7.4 -23.5%
45 Indianapolis 36.7 33.5 -8.6% 9.1 7.3 -20.2%
46 West Palm Beach 18.5 37.7 103.2% 2.8 5.7 106.7%
47 Nashville 37.6 23.4 -37.9% 8.8 5.5 -36.6%
48 Grand Rapids 18.2 15.3 -15.9% 4.6 4.4 -5.8%
49 Greensboro 13.8 12.3 -11.4% 5.5 4.1 -25.9%
50 Oklahoma City 12.5 15.2 22.2% 3.7 4.0 8.6%
  Average 128.5 129.0 0.4% 29.4 27.8 -5.4%
Includes all metropolitan areas 1,000,000 and over and Honolulu, the only smaller metropolitan area with more than 50 boardings per capita.
Calculated from US DOT National Transit Database and US Census data.    

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