US Public Transport
Estimated Market Share
by Metropolitan Area: 1997

Rank Metropolitan Area State(s) Population
(000)
Unlinked
Trips (000)
Passenger
Miles (000)
Estimated Public Transport Market Share
1 New York NY-NJ-CT-PA 20,004 2,873,306 16,224,469 9.324%
2 Honolulu HI 870 68,635 333,212 4.596%
3 Chicago IL-IN-WI 8,642 547,891 3,341,849 3.900%
4 San Francisco CA 6,701 463,251 2,315,478 3.337%
5 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA-WV 7,207 447,423 2,161,843 2.940%
6 Philadelphia PA-NJ 5,972 321,125 1,434,363 2.877%
7 Boston MA-NH 5,582 334,564 1,409,152 2.578%
8 New Orleans LA 1,308 60,886 174,026 1.987%
9 Miami FL 3,515 103,987 542,005 1.683%
10 Seattle WA 3,368 123,315 706,739 1.585%
11 Portland OR-WA 2,113 80,859 328,064 1.499%
12 Pittsburgh PA 2,361 72,137 300,601 1.481%
13 Los Angeles CA 15,609 550,296 2,407,250 1.474%
14 Atlanta GA 3,627 172,705 828,945 1.428%
15 San Diego CA 2,723 82,376 423,836 1.421%
16 Denver CO 2,318 71,140 312,499 1.368%
17 Las Vegas NV-AZ 1,262 43,130 134,889 1.060%
18 Cleveland OH 2,908 73,489 310,137 0.971%
19 El Paso TX 702 13,893 63,209 0.970%
20 Milwaukee WI 1,637 72,410 196,744 0.968%
21 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 2,792 62,065 265,871 0.880%
22 Sacramento CA 1,656 29,253 125,785 0.879%
23 Buffalo NY 1,165 26,105 78,014 0.792%
24 Tucson AZ 780 17,287 59,956 0.792%
25 Providence RI-MA 1,122 16,735 75,325 0.699%
26 San Antonio TX 1,511 38,015 153,100 0.688%
27 St. Louis MO-IL 2,558 54,157 247,710 0.662%
28 Salt Lake City UT 1,248 24,295 102,907 0.627%
29 Cincinnati OH-KY 1,934 29,666 151,443 0.620%
30 Austin TX 1,071 32,043 104,311 0.586%
31 Detroit MI 5,439 72,708 299,534 0.555%
32 Hartford CT 1,142 17,399 63,783 0.528%
33 Stockton CA 543 3,138 24,095 0.514%
34 Houston TX 4,320 87,785 447,716 0.500%
35 Orlando FL 1,467 17,116 97,163 0.487%
36 Norfolk VA-NC 1,545 15,564 69,894 0.484%
37 Louisville KY-IN 993 16,014 63,836 0.461%
38 Phoenix AZ 2,840 34,693 134,321 0.441%
39 Columbus OH 1,460 17,763 70,437 0.433%
40 Fresno CA 869 9,546 35,069 0.429%
41 Albany NY 876 11,347 47,167 0.418%
42 Dayton OH 945 15,215 49,679 0.415%
43 Memphis TN-AR-MS 1,083 12,433 62,617 0.406%
44 Jacksonville FL 1,035 8,483 53,591 0.392%
45 Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA 622 4,510 18,625 0.359%
46 Syracuse NY 741 9,265 31,059 0.349%
47 Charleston SC 510 3,816 15,434 0.324%
48 Dallas-Ft. Worth TX 4,683 64,545 309,042 0.317%
49 Rochester NY 1,086 13,060 40,062 0.317%
50 Bakersfield CA 629 5,088 16,509 0.307%
51 Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 2,227 15,955 72,363 0.299%
52 Toledo OH 612 5,110 20,886 0.293%
53 Omaha NE-IA 687 5,389 19,970 0.283%
54 Sarasota FL 539 2,569 12,331 0.267%
55 Richmond VA 943 16,305 35,862 0.258%
56 Alburquerque NM 675 6,606 21,792 0.257%
57 Charlotte NC 1,350 11,438 41,398 0.252%
58 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA 614 3,248 12,286 0.202%
59 Raleigh-Durham NC 1,050 9,166 32,675 0.200%
60 Little Rock AR 552 3,796 12,770 0.194%
61 West Palm Beach FL 1,019 3,972 19,334 0.189%
62 Columbia SC 504 3,196 11,490 0.184%
63 Baton Rouge LA 570 4,188 11,248 0.182%
64 Wichita KS 531 2,151 9,679 0.182%
65 Tulsa OK 764 2,640 14,559 0.180%
66 Indianapolis IN 1,503 9,755 42,923 0.179%
67 Kansas City MO-KS 1,709 14,562 52,120 0.172%
68 Nashville TN 1,135 6,789 27,299 0.151%
69 Grand Rapids MI 1,026 3,800 14,801 0.138%
70 Springfield MA 575 2,519 6,285 0.109%
71 Oklahoma City OK 1,031 3,324 12,753 0.107%
72 Harrisburg PA 615 3,094 8,866 0.095%
73 Birmingham AL 900 2,951 12,924 0.088%
74 Mobile AL 527 1,050 5,736 0.083%
75 Greensboro NC 1,153 5,348 13,333 0.077%
76 Youngstown OH 595 1,134 3,213 0.056%
77 Knoxville TN 654 1,729 4,742 0.045%
78 Greenville SC 905 518 2,118 0.021%
79 McAllen TX 511 0 0 0.000%

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