US Public Transport
Metropolitan Areas: 1997
Ranked by Passenger Miles

Rank Metropolitan Area State(s) Annual
Passenger
Miles (000)
Cumulative %
Cumulative
1 New York NY-NJ-CT-PA 16,224,469 41.5% 16,224,469
2 Chicago IL-IN-WI 3,341,849 50.1% 19,566,319
3 Los Angeles CA 2,407,250 56.3% 21,973,569
4 San Francisco CA 2,315,478 62.2% 24,289,046
5 Washington-Baltimore DC-MD-VA-WV 2,161,843 67.7% 26,450,889
6 Philadelphia PA-NJ 1,434,363 71.4% 27,885,252
7 Boston MA-NH 1,409,152 75.0% 29,294,404
8 Atlanta GA 828,945 77.1% 30,123,349
9 Seattle WA 706,739 78.9% 30,830,088
10 Miami FL 542,005 80.3% 31,372,093
11 Houston TX 447,716 81.5% 31,819,810
12 San Diego CA 423,836 82.5% 32,243,646
13 Honolulu HI 333,212 83.4% 32,576,859
14 Portland OR-WA 328,064 84.2% 32,904,922
15 Denver CO 312,499 85.0% 33,217,422
16 Cleveland OH 310,137 85.8% 33,527,558
17 Dallas-Ft. Worth TX 309,042 86.6% 33,836,600
18 Pittsburgh PA 300,601 87.4% 34,137,201
19 Detroit MI 299,534 88.2% 34,436,735
20 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI 265,871 88.8% 34,702,606
21 St. Louis MO-IL 247,710 89.5% 34,950,316
22 Milwaukee WI 196,744 90.0% 35,147,060
23 New Orleans LA 174,026 90.4% 35,321,086
24 San Antonio TX 153,100 90.8% 35,474,186
25 Cincinnati OH-KY 151,443 91.2% 35,625,628
26 Las Vegas NV-AZ 134,889 91.5% 35,760,517
27 Phoenix AZ 134,321 91.9% 35,894,838
28 Sacramento CA 125,785 92.2% 36,020,623
29 Austin TX 104,311 92.5% 36,124,934
30 Salt Lake City UT 102,907 92.7% 36,227,841
31 Orlando FL 97,163 93.0% 36,325,004
32 Buffalo NY 78,014 93.2% 36,403,018
33 Providence RI-MA 75,325 93.4% 36,478,344
34 Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 72,363 93.6% 36,550,706
35 Columbus OH 70,437 93.7% 36,621,143
36 Norfolk VA-NC 69,894 93.9% 36,691,038
37 Louisville KY-IN 63,836 94.1% 36,754,873
38 Hartford CT 63,783 94.3% 36,818,656
39 El Paso TX 63,209 94.4% 36,881,866
40 Memphis TN-AR-MS 62,617 94.6% 36,944,483
41 Tucson AZ 59,956 94.7% 37,004,439
42 Jacksonville FL 53,591 94.9% 37,058,030
43 Kansas City MO-KS 52,120 95.0% 37,110,150
44 Dayton OH 49,679 95.1% 37,159,829
45 Albany NY 47,167 95.2% 37,206,996
46 Indianapolis IN 42,923 95.4% 37,249,919
47 Charlotte NC 41,398 95.5% 37,291,317
48 Rochester NY 40,062 95.6% 37,331,379
49 Richmond VA 35,862 95.7% 37,367,241
50 Fresno CA 35,069 95.7% 37,402,310
51 Raleigh-Durham NC 32,675 95.8% 37,434,985
52 Syracuse NY 31,059 95.9% 37,466,044
53 Nashville TN 27,299 96.0% 37,493,344
54 Stockton CA 24,095 96.0% 37,517,439
55 Alburquerque NM 21,792 96.1% 37,539,231
56 Toledo OH 20,886 96.2% 37,560,116
57 Omaha NE-IA 19,970 96.2% 37,580,086
58 West Palm Beach FL 19,334 96.3% 37,599,421
59 Scranton-Wilkes Barre PA 18,625 96.3% 37,618,046
60 Bakersfield CA 16,509 96.3% 37,634,555
61 Charleston SC 15,434 96.4% 37,649,989
62 Grand Rapids MI 14,801 96.4% 37,664,790
63 Tulsa OK 14,559 96.5% 37,679,349
64 Greensboro NC 13,333 96.5% 37,692,682
65 Birmingham AL 12,924 96.5% 37,705,606
66 Little Rock AR 12,770 96.6% 37,718,377
67 Oklahoma City OK 12,753 96.6% 37,731,130
68 Sarasota FL 12,331 96.6% 37,743,461
69 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA 12,286 96.7% 37,755,747
70 Columbia SC 11,490 96.7% 37,767,237
71 Baton Rouge LA 11,248 96.7% 37,778,485
72 Wichita KS 9,679 96.7% 37,788,163
73 Harrisburg PA 8,866 96.8% 37,797,030
74 Springfield MA 6,285 96.8% 37,803,315
75 Mobile AL 5,736 96.8% 37,809,051
76 Knoxville TN 4,742 96.8% 37,813,793
77 Youngstown OH 3,213 96.8% 37,817,006
78 Greenville SC 2,118 96.8% 37,819,124
79 McAllen TX 0 96.8% 37,819,124



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