South American Daily Busway Ridership
Compared to US Rail Ridership
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Metropolitan Area |
Estimated
Daily Boardings |
Notes |
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New York |
6,901,000 |
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Porto Allegre (16 Busways) |
1,742,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
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Curitiba (7 Busways) |
1,610,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
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Washington-Baltimore |
885,000 |
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Chicago |
859,000 |
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Boston |
832,000 |
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San Francisco |
579,000 |
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Curitiba (6 Busways) |
532,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
Philadelphia |
511,000 |
|
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Sao Paulo (4 Busways) |
481,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
|
Bogota (Troncal Ave. Caracas Busway) |
373,000 |
|
Single busway ridership only |
|
Atlanta |
275,000 |
|
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Los Angeles |
231,000 |
|
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Quito (1 Busway) |
180,000 |
|
Busway ridership only |
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San Diego |
100,000 |
|
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Portland |
83,000 |
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Miami |
54,000 |
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Dallas-Fort Worth |
48,000 |
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St. Louis |
48,000 |
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Cleveland |
42,000 |
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Denver |
30,000 |
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Sacramento |
29,000 |
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Pittsburgh |
25,000 |
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Buffalo |
21,000 |
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Salt Lake City |
20,000 |
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New Orleans |
17,000 |
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Busway data calculated from World Bank information |
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