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US Public Transport Ridership: Ranked by 1996 Ridership
Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 and Honolulu |
| Rank
|
Metropolitan
Area |
Annual Boardings in Millions |
Change |
Annual Change |
| 1980 |
1990 |
1996 |
1980-96 |
1990-96 |
1980-96 |
1990-96 |
| 1 |
New York-NNJ-Long Island |
2,976.4 |
2,810.2 |
2,647.3 |
-11.1% |
-5.8% |
-0.73% |
-0.37% |
| 2 |
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha |
789.8 |
697.5 |
549.8 |
-30.4% |
-21.2% |
-2.24% |
-1.48% |
| 3 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co |
480.6 |
525.9 |
520.3 |
8.3% |
-1.1% |
0.50% |
-0.07% |
| 4 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose |
538.3 |
456.5 |
451.9 |
-16.0% |
-1.0% |
-1.09% |
-0.06% |
| 5 |
Washington-Baltimore |
422.1 |
489.1 |
444.1 |
5.2% |
-9.2% |
0.32% |
-0.60% |
| 6 |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City |
395.5 |
371.8 |
327.2 |
-17.3% |
-12.0% |
-1.18% |
-0.80% |
| 7 |
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence |
267.5 |
341.1 |
323.6 |
21.0% |
-5.1% |
1.20% |
-0.33% |
| 8 |
Atlanta |
120.2 |
149.5 |
147.7 |
22.9% |
-1.2% |
1.30% |
-0.08% |
| 9 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton |
98.2 |
100.8 |
115.5 |
17.6% |
14.5% |
1.02% |
0.85% |
| 10 |
Miami-Ft. Lauderdale |
85.1 |
91.5 |
102.3 |
20.3% |
11.8% |
1.16% |
0.70% |
| 11 |
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria |
46.9 |
91.1 |
81.3 |
73.3% |
-10.8% |
3.50% |
-0.71% |
| 12 |
Portland-Salem |
50.3 |
60.9 |
79.8 |
58.7% |
30.9% |
2.93% |
1.70% |
| 13 |
San Diego |
44.2 |
67.1 |
76.3 |
72.8% |
13.7% |
3.48% |
0.81% |
| 14 |
Pittsburgh |
108.6 |
86.7 |
72.6 |
-33.1% |
-16.2% |
-2.48% |
-1.10% |
| 15 |
Cleveland-Akron |
134.4 |
81.1 |
71.4 |
-46.9% |
-12.0% |
-3.88% |
-0.80% |
| 16 |
Denver-Boulder-Greeley |
46.9 |
55.7 |
69.8 |
48.7% |
25.4% |
2.51% |
1.42% |
| 17 |
Honolulu |
74.1 |
73.5 |
69.1 |
-6.7% |
-6.0% |
-0.43% |
-0.39% |
| 18 |
New Orleans |
103.5 |
82.3 |
65.3 |
-36.9% |
-20.6% |
-2.83% |
-1.43% |
| 19 |
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Fliint |
129.6 |
100.7 |
64.8 |
-50.0% |
-35.6% |
-4.24% |
-2.72% |
| 20 |
Milwaukee |
88.0 |
67.9 |
63.4 |
-28.0% |
-6.6% |
-2.03% |
-0.43% |
| 21 |
Dallas-Ft. Worth |
45.2 |
55.5 |
62.4 |
38.2% |
12.4% |
2.04% |
0.73% |
| 22 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
105.2 |
69.6 |
61.9 |
-41.2% |
-11.0% |
-3.26% |
-0.73% |
| 23 |
St. Louis |
84.2 |
44.4 |
51.6 |
-38.8% |
16.3% |
-3.02% |
0.95% |
| 24 |
Las Vegas |
4.9 |
7.4 |
38.3 |
682.2% |
420.2% |
13.72% |
10.86% |
| 25 |
San Antonio |
36.9 |
41.9 |
37.7 |
2.2% |
-10.0% |
0.13% |
-0.65% |
| 26 |
Phoenix-Mesa |
14.3 |
31.1 |
33.2 |
132.5% |
7.0% |
5.41% |
0.42% |
| 27 |
Cincinnati-Hamilton |
43.3 |
35.3 |
29.9 |
-31.0% |
-15.2% |
-2.29% |
-1.02% |
| 28 |
Austin |
7.2 |
32.0 |
28.1 |
289.4% |
-12.2% |
8.87% |
-0.81% |
| 29 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
37.1 |
30.4 |
27.6 |
-25.5% |
-9.0% |
-1.82% |
-0.59% |
| 30 |
Sacramento-Yolo |
17.0 |
20.4 |
27.3 |
61.0% |
34.0% |
3.02% |
1.85% |
| 31 |
Salt Lake City-Ogden |
19.1 |
23.7 |
23.8 |
24.9% |
0.6% |
1.40% |
0.04% |
| 32 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick |
28.5 |
21.5 |
19.3 |
-32.4% |
-10.7% |
-2.42% |
-0.70% |
| 33 |
Columbus |
20.0 |
18.3 |
17.6 |
-12.4% |
-4.3% |
-0.82% |
-0.27% |
| 34 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
18.9 |
19.7 |
16.3 |
-13.6% |
-17.2% |
-0.91% |
-1.17% |
| 35 |
Hartford |
21.2 |
20.8 |
16.0 |
-24.2% |
-22.8% |
-1.72% |
-1.60% |
| 36 |
Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News |
22.2 |
13.5 |
15.0 |
-32.3% |
11.1% |
-2.41% |
0.66% |
| 37 |
Orlando |
5.7 |
8.0 |
15.0 |
163.9% |
86.8% |
6.25% |
3.98% |
| 38 |
Kansas City |
26.2 |
18.5 |
14.4 |
-45.1% |
-22.5% |
-3.68% |
-1.58% |
| 39 |
Rochester |
25.5 |
15.2 |
12.8 |
-49.8% |
-15.7% |
-4.21% |
-1.06% |
| 40 |
Indianapolis |
16.4 |
12.6 |
12.2 |
-25.6% |
-3.2% |
-1.84% |
-0.20% |
| 41 |
Memphis |
24.4 |
13.9 |
11.9 |
-51.2% |
-14.0% |
-4.38% |
-0.94% |
| 42 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
10.2 |
12.1 |
11.5 |
12.4% |
-5.0% |
0.74% |
-0.32% |
| 43 |
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill |
3.7 |
4.1 |
9.2 |
147.4% |
124.6% |
5.82% |
5.19% |
| 44 |
Jacksonville |
16.7 |
8.8 |
8.4 |
-49.8% |
-5.0% |
-4.21% |
-0.32% |
| 45 |
Nashville |
18.0 |
8.6 |
7.8 |
-56.8% |
-9.9% |
-5.11% |
-0.65% |
| 46 |
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point |
5.0 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
8.5% |
-6.6% |
0.51% |
-0.43% |
| 47 |
Oklahoma City |
2.6 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
29.2% |
-5.8% |
1.62% |
-0.38% |
| 48 |
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland |
4.8 |
4.3 |
3.3 |
-31.9% |
-24.0% |
-2.37% |
-1.70% |
| 49 |
West Palm Beach-Boca
Raton |
2.0 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
39.5% |
15.1% |
2.10% |
0.88% |
| 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% |
