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US Public Transport Ridership: Ranked by Change in 1980-1996 Annual Per Capita Ridership
Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 and Honolulu |
| Rank
|
Metropolitan
Area |
Annual Boardings Per Capita |
Change |
Annual Change |
| 1980 |
1990 |
1996 |
1980-96 |
1990-96 |
1980-96 |
1990-96 |
| 1 |
Las Vegas |
10.6 |
8.6 |
31.9 |
201.5% |
269.3% |
7.14% |
8.51% |
| 2 |
Austin |
13.5 |
37.9 |
27.0 |
100.5% |
-28.6% |
4.44% |
-2.09% |
| 3 |
Orlando |
8.1 |
6.6 |
10.6 |
30.4% |
61.4% |
1.67% |
3.04% |
| 4 |
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill |
7.0 |
4.8 |
9.0 |
28.1% |
88.1% |
1.56% |
4.03% |
| 5 |
Phoenix-Mesa |
9.5 |
13.9 |
12.1 |
27.7% |
-12.8% |
1.54% |
-0.85% |
| 6 |
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria |
15.1 |
24.4 |
19.1 |
26.3% |
-21.7% |
1.47% |
-1.52% |
| 7 |
San Diego |
23.7 |
26.9 |
28.7 |
21.1% |
7.0% |
1.21% |
0.42% |
| 8 |
Sacramento-Yolo |
15.4 |
13.8 |
16.7 |
8.5% |
21.6% |
0.51% |
1.23% |
| 9 |
Oklahoma City |
3.0 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
8.4% |
-12.1% |
0.50% |
-0.80% |
| 10 |
Denver-Boulder-Greeley |
29.0 |
28.1 |
30.7 |
5.7% |
9.0% |
0.35% |
0.54% |
| 11 |
Portland-Salem |
38.7 |
34.0 |
38.4 |
-0.9% |
13.0% |
-0.06% |
0.77% |
| 12 |
Salt Lake City-Ogden |
21.0 |
22.1 |
19.6 |
-6.7% |
-11.4% |
-0.43% |
-0.76% |
| 13 |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale |
32.2 |
28.7 |
29.1 |
-9.5% |
1.6% |
-0.62% |
0.10% |
| 14 |
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
15.4 |
13.8 |
13.6 |
-11.5% |
-0.8% |
-0.76% |
-0.05% |
| 15 |
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence |
67.3 |
62.5 |
58.2 |
-13.6% |
-7.0% |
-0.91% |
-0.45% |
| 16 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
10.5 |
10.4 |
8.7 |
-17.4% |
-16.4% |
-1.18% |
-1.11% |
| 17 |
Honolulu |
97.1 |
87.9 |
79.2 |
-18.4% |
-9.9% |
-1.26% |
-0.65% |
| 18 |
West Palm Beach-Boca
Raton |
3.4 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
-18.9% |
0.1% |
-1.30% |
0.00% |
| 19 |
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point |
5.9 |
5.6 |
4.8 |
-19.0% |
-14.1% |
-1.31% |
-0.94% |
| 20 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co |
41.8 |
36.2 |
33.6 |
-19.7% |
-7.2% |
-1.36% |
-0.47% |
| 21 |
Washington-Baltimore |
77.4 |
72.7 |
62.0 |
-20.0% |
-14.7% |
-1.38% |
-0.99% |
| 22 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
29.8 |
25.5 |
23.5 |
-21.2% |
-7.9% |
-1.48% |
-0.51% |
| 23 |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City |
69.6 |
63.1 |
54.8 |
-21.3% |
-13.2% |
-1.49% |
-0.88% |
| 24 |
New York-NNJ-Long Island |
169.7 |
143.7 |
132.8 |
-21.8% |
-7.6% |
-1.52% |
-0.50% |
| 25 |
Columbus |
16.1 |
13.6 |
12.1 |
-24.7% |
-11.1% |
-1.76% |
-0.73% |
| 26 |
Atlanta |
56.2 |
50.5 |
41.7 |
-25.8% |
-17.5% |
-1.85% |
-1.19% |
| 27 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton |
46.9 |
34.0 |
34.8 |
-25.9% |
2.4% |
-1.85% |
0.15% |
| 28 |
San Antonio |
34.5 |
31.6 |
25.3 |
-26.5% |
-20.0% |
-1.91% |
-1.38% |
| 29 |
Milwaukee |
56.1 |
42.2 |
38.6 |
-31.2% |
-8.6% |
-2.31% |
-0.56% |
| 30 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose |
100.3 |
73.0 |
68.4 |
-31.8% |
-6.3% |
-2.36% |
-0.41% |
| 31 |
Pittsburgh |
44.8 |
36.2 |
30.5 |
-31.9% |
-15.7% |
-2.37% |
-1.06% |
| 32 |
Hartford |
20.9 |
17.9 |
14.0 |
-32.9% |
-21.9% |
-2.46% |
-1.53% |
| 33 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick |
26.3 |
19.0 |
17.1 |
-34.9% |
-9.8% |
-2.65% |
-0.64% |
| 34 |
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha |
99.5 |
84.6 |
63.9 |
-35.8% |
-24.5% |
-2.73% |
-1.74% |
| 35 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
11.7 |
9.5 |
7.4 |
-36.6% |
-22.1% |
-2.81% |
-1.55% |
| 36 |
New Orleans |
82.4 |
64.0 |
49.8 |
-39.6% |
-22.3% |
-3.10% |
-1.57% |
| 37 |
Cincinnati-Hamilton |
26.1 |
19.4 |
15.6 |
-40.4% |
-19.7% |
-3.18% |
-1.37% |
| 38 |
Indianapolis |
14.0 |
9.1 |
8.2 |
-41.9% |
-10.4% |
-3.33% |
-0.69% |
| 39 |
St. Louis |
35.4 |
17.8 |
20.2 |
-42.9% |
13.7% |
-3.44% |
0.81% |
| 40 |
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland |
6.2 |
4.6 |
3.3 |
-47.5% |
-29.8% |
-3.95% |
-2.19% |
| 41 |
Cleveland-Akron |
47.4 |
28.4 |
24.5 |
-48.4% |
-13.6% |
-4.05% |
-0.91% |
| 42 |
Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News |
19.2 |
9.4 |
9.8 |
-49.0% |
4.2% |
-4.12% |
0.26% |
| 43 |
Kansas City |
18.3 |
11.7 |
8.5 |
-53.5% |
-27.4% |
-4.67% |
-1.98% |
| 44 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
49.2 |
27.4 |
22.4 |
-54.5% |
-18.3% |
-4.81% |
-1.26% |
| 45 |
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint |
27.3 |
19.4 |
12.3 |
-55.0% |
-36.8% |
-4.87% |
-2.83% |
| 46 |
Rochester |
26.3 |
14.3 |
11.8 |
-55.2% |
-17.7% |
-4.89% |
-1.21% |
| 47 |
Memphis |
26.7 |
13.8 |
11.1 |
-58.6% |
-19.7% |
-5.37% |
-1.36% |
| 48 |
Jacksonville |
22.6 |
9.7 |
8.3 |
-63.2% |
-14.6% |
-6.06% |
-0.98% |
| 49 |
Nashville |
21.1 |
8.8 |
6.9 |
-67.1% |
-20.6% |
-6.71% |
-1.43% |
| 49 Metropolitan Areas |
64.5 |
52.5 |
46.3 |
-28.3% |
-11.9% |
-2.05% |
-0.79% |
| Rest of US |
5.1 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
-26.4% |
-7.0% |
-1.90% |
-0.46% |
| United States |
36.2 |
31.4 |
27.9 |
-23.1% |
-11.3% |
-1.63% |
-0.75% |
