US Public Transport
Cost & Ridership
Trends from 1980
Table: EXPENDITURES & RIDES |
Chart: EXPENDITURES & RIDES
Chart: COST PER PASSENGER |
Chart: RIDES PER CAPITA |
Table: METROPOLITAN TRENDS
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US PUBLIC TRANSPORT
EXPENDITURES AND RIDES: 1980-1995 |
|
Year |
Expenditures
in Billions
(1995$) |
Unlinked
Trips in
Billions |
Cost per
Unlinked
Trip |
Change
|
| 1980 |
$13.6 |
8.532 |
$1.60 |
--- |
| 1981 |
$15.7 |
8.232 |
$1.90 |
19.1% |
| 1982 |
$16.9 |
8.000 |
$2.12 |
32.6% |
| 1983 |
$18.3 |
8.148 |
$2.25 |
40.8% |
| 1984 |
$18.7 |
8.643 |
$2.17 |
35.6% |
| 1985 |
$19.0 |
8.276 |
$2.30 |
43.8% |
| 1986 |
$19.7 |
7.866 |
$2.51 |
57.0% |
| 1987 |
$20.6 |
7.779 |
$2.64 |
65.5% |
| 1988 |
$20.6 |
7.701 |
$2.68 |
67.6% |
| 1989 |
$20.5 |
8.001 |
$2.57 |
60.7% |
| 1990 |
$21.6 |
7.735 |
$2.80 |
75.0% |
| 1991 |
$22.6 |
7.501 |
$3.01 |
88.3% |
| 1992 |
$23.6 |
7.582 |
$3.11 |
94.6% |
| 1993 |
$22.4 |
7.314 |
$3.06 |
91.4% |
| 1994 |
$24.8 |
7.407 |
$3.35 |
109.9% |
| 1995 |
$25.7 |
7.306 |
$3.52 |
120.0% |
Sources: US Department of Commerce & US Department of
Transportation.
5 Modes: Motor Bus, Trolley Bus, Light Rail, Metro & Regional Rail
1995 expenditures estimated using National Transit Database
information |
US PUBLIC TRANSPORT MARKET TRENDS: BY METROPOLITAN AREA
1990 to 1995 |
| Consolidated Metropolitan Area (CMA)
or Metropolitan Area (MA) |
Population |
Unlinked Trips |
Annual Trips per Capita |
| 1990 |
1995 |
1990 |
1995 |
1990 |
1995 |
Change |
| Atlanta |
2,960,000 |
3,432,000 |
149,527,000 |
146,366,000 |
50.5 |
42.6 |
-15.6% |
| Austin |
846,000 |
1,000,000 |
32,046,000 |
27,324,000 |
37.9 |
27.3 |
-27.9% |
| Boston-Worcester-Lawrence |
5,455,000 |
5,507,500 |
343,665,000 |
327,627,000 |
63.0 |
59.5 |
-5.6% |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
1,189,000 |
1,184,000 |
30,353,000 |
29,034,000 |
25.5 |
24.5 |
-3.9% |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill |
1,162,000 |
1,289,000 |
11,681,000 |
11,798,000 |
10.1 |
9.2 |
-8.9% |
| Chicago-Gary-Kenosha |
8,240,000 |
8,590,000 |
693,554,000 |
546,142,000 |
84.2 |
63.6 |
-24.5% |
| Cincinnati-Hamilton |
1,816,000 |
1,970,000 |
34,590,000 |
27,810,000 |
19.0 |
14.1 |
-25.9% |
| Cleveland-Akron |
2,859,000 |
2,904,000 |
79,190,000 |
64,342,000 |
27.7 |
22.2 |
-20.0% |
| Columbus |
1,345,000 |
1,438,000 |
18,342,000 |
17,533,000 |
13.6 |
12.2 |
-10.6% |
| Denver-Boulder-Greeley |
1,980,000 |
2,233,000 |
55,734,000 |
68,607,000 |
28.1 |
30.7 |
9.2% |
| Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint |
5,187,000 |
5,280,000 |
99,828,000 |
74,962,000 |
19.2 |
14.2 |
-26.2% |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth |
4,037,000 |
4,450,000 |
55,539,000 |
56,573,000 |
13.8 |
12.7 |
-7.6% |
| Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point |
1,050,000 |
1,124,000 |
4,144,000 |
4,194,000 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
-5.5% |
| Hartford |
1,158,000 |
1,149,250 |
19,687,000 |
19,200,000 |
17.0 |
16.7 |
-1.7% |
| Houston-Galveston-Brazoria |
3,731,000 |
4,164,000 |
91,070,000 |
80,769,000 |
24.4 |
19.4 |
-20.5% |
| Indianapolis |
1,380,000 |
1,477,000 |
12,284,000 |
10,774,000 |
8.9 |
7.3 |
-18.1% |
| Kansas City |
1,583,000 |
1,663,000 |
18,486,000 |
14,406,000 |
11.7 |
8.7 |
-25.8% |
| Las Vegas |
853,000 |
1,139,000 |
7,360,000 |
28,538,000 |
8.6 |
25.1 |
190.4% |
| Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange Co |
14,532,000 |
15,362,000 |
521,831,000 |
500,552,000 |
35.9 |
32.6 |
-9.3% |
| Memphis |
1,007,000 |
1,069,000 |
13,859,000 |
14,392,000 |
13.8 |
13.5 |
-2.2% |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale |
3,193,000 |
3,444,000 |
90,746,000 |
103,165,000 |
28.4 |
30.0 |
5.4% |
| Milwaukee |
1,607,000 |
1,641,000 |
67,882,000 |
59,963,000 |
42.2 |
36.5 |
-13.5% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul |
2,538,000 |
2,723,000 |
69,589,000 |
61,110,000 |
27.4 |
22.4 |
-18.2% |
| Norfolk-Virginia Bch-Newport News |
1,443,000 |
1,540,000 |
13,536,000 |
13,659,000 |
9.4 |
8.9 |
-5.4% |
| New Orleans |
1,285,000 |
1,315,000 |
82,183,000 |
74,954,000 |
64.0 |
57.0 |
-10.9% |
| Nashville |
985,000 |
1,094,000 |
8,621,000 |
6,603,000 |
8.8 |
6.0 |
-31.0% |
| New York-NNJ-Long Island |
19,549,000 |
19,857,750 |
2,802,832,000 |
2,532,133,000 |
143.4 |
127.5 |
-11.1% |
| Oklahoma City |
959,000 |
1,015,000 |
3,530,000 |
3,674,000 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
-1.7% |
| Orlando |
1,225,000 |
1,391,000 |
8,027,000 |
13,452,000 |
6.6 |
9.7 |
47.6% |
| Pittsburgh |
2,394,000 |
2,395,000 |
85,825,000 |
73,641,000 |
35.9 |
30.7 |
-14.2% |
| Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City |
5,893,000 |
5,967,000 |
371,848,000 |
337,757,000 |
63.1 |
56.6 |
-10.3% |
| Phoenix-Mesa |
2,238,000 |
2,564,000 |
32,399,000 |
36,894,000 |
14.5 |
14.4 |
-0.6% |
| Portland-Salem |
1,793,000 |
2,022,000 |
60,875,000 |
72,138,000 |
34.0 |
35.7 |
5.1% |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick |
1,134,000 |
1,127,750 |
16,030,000 |
16,057,000 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
0.7% |
| Rochester |
1,062,000 |
1,089,000 |
15,202,000 |
13,608,000 |
14.3 |
12.5 |
-12.7% |
| Sacramento-Yolo |
1,481,000 |
1,605,000 |
20,315,000 |
23,729,000 |
13.7 |
14.8 |
7.8% |
| San Antonio |
1,324,000 |
1,461,000 |
41,909,000 |
47,306,000 |
31.7 |
32.4 |
2.3% |
| San Diego |
2,498,000 |
2,644,000 |
67,143,000 |
70,122,000 |
26.9 |
26.5 |
-1.3% |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton |
2,970,000 |
3,265,000 |
99,857,000 |
107,725,000 |
33.6 |
33.0 |
-1.9% |
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose |
6,253,000 |
6,540,000 |
453,198,000 |
441,290,000 |
72.5 |
67.5 |
-6.9% |
| Salt Lake City-Ogden |
1,072,000 |
1,199,000 |
23,702,000 |
24,492,000 |
22.1 |
20.4 |
-7.6% |
| St. Louis |
2,492,000 |
2,548,000 |
44,175,000 |
51,169,000 |
17.7 |
20.1 |
13.3% |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
2,068,000 |
2,180,000 |
19,652,000 |
18,151,000 |
9.5 |
8.3 |
-12.4% |
| Washington-Baltimore |
6,727,000 |
7,107,000 |
490,018,000 |
473,865,000 |
72.8 |
66.7 |
-8.5% |
| METROPOLITAN AREAS > 1 MILLION |
136,553,000 |
144,159,250 |
7,281,864,000 |
6,747,602,000 |
53.3 |
46.8 |
-12.2% |
| ALL OTHER AREAS |
112,850,000 |
118,595,750 |
453,136,000 |
558,398,000 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
17.3% |
| UNITED STATES |
249,403,000 |
262,755,000 |
7,735,000,000 |
7,306,000,000 |
31.0 |
27.8 |
-10.3% |
Sources: Complied from United States Department of Transportation and United States Census Bureau data.
5 Modes: Motor Bus, Trolley Bus, Light Rail, Metro & Regional Rail
Metropolitan Areas as redefined after 1990 census.
New rail lines opened in Denver, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Washington-Baltimore, which resulted in double counting of passengers
transferring between rail and bus (the change in ridership in these cities is overstated). In St. Louis analysis of passenger mile data would
indicate a per capita increase of 3.4 percent rather than 13.3 percent In Denver, gross light rail ridership (including double counting)
accounted for one third of the ridership increase.
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