US Public Transport:
Metropolitan Per Capita Ridership 2000
Rank by Passenger Miles

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 Chicago 442.8 400.6 -9.5% 84.6 64.9 -23.3%
3 San Francisco 362.3 370.7 2.3% 73.0 70.2 -3.9%
4 Honolulu 402.3 352.8 -12.3% 87.9 76.0 -13.5%
5 Washington-Baltimore 311.7 322.3 3.4% 72.8 65.3 -10.3%
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 Seattle 184.8 204.5 10.7% 34.0 36.7 8.0%
9 Atlanta 218.3 194.4 -10.9% 50.5 41.3 -18.3%
10 San Diego 149.6 185.6 24.1% 26.9 36.0 33.9%
11 Portland 123.2 174.9 42.0% 34.0 42.8 25.9%
12 Los Angeles 148.9 159.7 7.3% 36.2 37.7 4.1%
13 Miami 147.9 146.4 -1.0% 28.7 28.3 -1.3%
14 Denver 115.2 142.8 23.9% 28.1 29.9 6.2%
15 Pittsburgh 173.6 141.2 -18.7% 36.2 31.8 -12.0%
16 New Orleans 176.2 131.3 -25.5% 64.0 44.6 -30.4%
17 Milwaukee 113.7 126.9 11.6% 42.2 43.9 4.0%
18 Houston 123.2 120.2 -2.4% 24.4 21.1 -13.6%
19 Minneapolis-St. Paul 103.7 115.6 11.5% 27.4 26.2 -4.5%
20 San Antonio 139.2 107.8 -22.6% 31.6 27.9 -11.8%
21 Cleveland 108.4 106.2 -2.1% 28.4 24.8 -12.7%
22 Las Vegas 30.7 105.4 242.9% 8.6 31.7 267.3%
23 St. Louis 77.0 100.0 29.8% 17.8 20.5 15.4%
24 Austin 123.4 92.8 -24.8% 37.9 30.0 -20.8%
25 Salt Lake City 139.4 91.5 -34.3% 22.1 17.9 -19.0%
26 Cincinnati 95.0 91.2 -4.0% 19.4 15.8 -18.8%
27 Sacramento 66.6 82.6 24.2% 13.8 17.8 29.6%
28 Orlando 29.8 72.7 144.1% 6.6 12.6 92.4%
29 Buffalo 74.9 72.3 -3.4% 25.5 24.7 -3.2%
30 Dallas-Fort Worth 65.2 66.5 2.0% 13.8 14.0 1.6%
31 Detroit 83.5 60.6 -27.4% 19.4 12.8 -33.9%
32 Hartford 62.4 60.6 -2.8% 17.9 15.9 -11.3%
33 Memphis 65.3 54.4 -16.6% 13.8 10.2 -25.5%
34 Lousville 79.7 54.4 -31.7% 22.9 15.2 -33.8%
35 Norfolk 43.5 52.7 20.9% 9.4 11.7 24.2%
36 Columbus 63.8 48.9 -23.4% 13.6 12.2 -10.7%
37 Phoenix 58.1 44.9 -22.8% 13.9 11.8 -15.1%
38 Jacksonville 49.7 41.6 -16.4% 9.7 7.4 -23.5%
39 West Palm Beach 18.5 37.7 103.2% 2.8 5.7 106.7%
40 Charlotte 40.1 37.2 -7.3% 10.4 8.6 -17.2%
41 Rochester 43.9 35.8 -18.4% 14.3 11.9 -17.0%
42 Kansas City 44.1 34.7 -21.5% 11.7 8.5 -27.8%
43 Providence 71.9 34.1 -52.5% 19.0 13.4 -29.4%
44 Tampa-St. Petersburg 48.3 34.0 -29.8% 9.5 7.8 -18.0%
45 Indianapolis 36.7 33.5 -8.6% 9.1 7.3 -20.2%
46 Raleigh-Durham 13.8 28.8 108.2% 4.8 9.6 99.8%
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 Oklahoma City 12.5 15.2 22.2% 3.7 4.0 8.6%
50 Greensboro 13.8 12.3 -11.4% 5.5 4.1 -25.9%

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