US Metropolitan Area
Public Transport Ridership
Ranked by Change in Annual Boardings
1980-1996

1996 US Metropolitan Area Public Transport Statistics Index

Ridership: 1980-1996

Per Capita Ridership 1980-1996

Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996

Ranked by 1996 Ridership

Ranked by 1996 Per Capita Ridership

Ranked by 1980-1996 Change in Per Capita Ridership

Ranked by Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996

Ranking by Change in Annual Boardings: 1980-1996

Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 and Honolulu

Rank Metropolitan Area 1980 1990 1996 1980-96 1990-6
1 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence 267.5 341.1 323.6 56.1 -17.6
2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co 480.6 525.9 520.3 39.7 -5.6
3 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria 46.9 91.1 81.3 34.4 -9.8
4 Las Vegas 4.9 7.4 38.3 33.4 30.9
5 San Diego 44.2 67.1 76.3 32.2 9.2
6 Portland-Salem 50.3 60.9 79.8 29.5 18.9
7 Atlanta 120.2 149.5 147.7 27.5 -1.9
8 Denver-Boulder-Greeley 46.9 55.7 69.8 22.9 14.1
9 Washington-Baltimore 422.1 489.1 444.1 22.0 -44.9
10 Austin 7.2 32.0 28.1 20.9 -3.9
11 Phoenix-Mesa 14.3 31.1 33.2 18.9 2.2
12 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton 98.2 100.8 115.5 17.3 14.7
13 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 85.1 91.5 102.3 17.3 10.8
14 Dallas-Ft. Worth 45.2 55.5 62.4 17.2 6.9
15 Sacramento-Yolo 17.0 20.4 27.3 10.3 6.9
16 Orlando 5.7 8.0 15.0 9.3 7.0
17 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill 3.7 4.1 9.2 5.5 5.1
18 Salt Lake City-Ogden 19.1 23.7 23.8 4.8 0.1
19 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 10.2 12.1 11.5 1.3 -0.6
20 San Antonio 36.9 41.9 37.7 0.8 -4.2
21 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 2.0 2.4 2.7 0.8 0.4
22 Oklahoma City 2.6 3.5 3.3 0.8 -0.2
23 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point 5.0 5.9 5.5 0.4 -0.4
24 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland 4.8 4.3 3.3 -1.5 -1.0
25 Columbus 20.0 18.3 17.6 -2.5 -0.8
26 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 18.9 19.7 16.3 -2.6 -3.4
27 Indianapolis 16.4 12.6 12.2 -4.2 -0.4
28 Honolulu 74.1 73.5 69.1 -5.0 -4.4
29 Hartford 21.2 20.8 16.0 -5.1 -4.7
30 Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News 22.2 13.5 15.0 -7.2 1.5
31 Jacksonville 16.7 8.8 8.4 -8.3 -0.4
32 Providence-Fall River-Warwick 28.5 21.5 19.3 -9.2 -2.3
33 Buffalo-Niagara Falls 37.1 30.4 27.6 -9.4 -2.7
34 Nashville 18.0 8.6 7.8 -10.2 -0.9
35 Kansas City 26.2 18.5 14.4 -11.8 -4.2
36 Memphis 24.4 13.9 11.9 -12.5 -1.9
37 Rochester 25.5 15.2 12.8 -12.7 -2.4
38 Cincinnati-Hamilton 43.3 35.3 29.9 -13.4 -5.4
39 Milwaukee 88.0 67.9 63.4 -24.6 -4.5
40 St. Louis 84.2 44.4 51.6 -32.7 7.2
41 Pittsburgh 108.6 86.7 72.6 -36.0 -14.1
42 New Orleans 103.5 82.3 65.3 -38.1 -17.0
43 Minneapolis-St. Paul 105.2 69.6 61.9 -43.3 -7.7
44 Cleveland-Akron 134.4 81.1 71.4 -63.0 -9.7
45 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint 129.6 100.7 64.8 -64.7 -35.9
46 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 395.5 371.8 327.2 -68.4 -44.7
47 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 538.3 456.5 451.9 -86.4 -4.6
48 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha 789.8 697.5 549.8 -240.1 -147.7
49 New York-NNJ-Long Island 2,976.4 2,810.2 2,647.3 -329.0 -162.9


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