US Public Transport Service Hours Per Capita Ranked by Metropolitan Area: 1998
Ranking by Annual Service Hours per Capita: Metropolitan Areas of 500,000 and Over Population: 1998 |
Rank |
Areas |
1998 Service Hours (Revenue Hours) |
1998 Census Bureau Population Estimate |
Service Hours per Capita |
1 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA CMSA |
45,301,079 |
20,124,377 |
2.251 |
2 |
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA CMSA |
9,675,982 |
6,816,047 |
1.420 |
3 |
Honolulu, HI MSA |
1,189,634 |
872,478 |
1.364 |
4 |
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSA |
11,312,865 |
8,809,846 |
1.284 |
5 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA CMSA |
4,157,589 |
3,424,361 |
1.214 |
6 |
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSA |
8,266,335 |
7,285,206 |
1.135 |
7 |
Portland-Salem, OR-WA CMSA |
2,236,873 |
2,149,056 |
1.041 |
8 |
Milwaukee-Racine, WI CMSA |
1,659,851 |
1,645,924 |
1.008 |
9 |
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA |
5,297,992 |
5,988,348 |
0.885 |
10 |
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT CMSA |
4,953,471 |
5,633,060 |
0.879 |
11 |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
2,062,448 |
2,346,153 |
0.879 |
12 |
New Orleans, LA MSA |
1,141,689 |
1,309,445 |
0.872 |
13 |
San Antonio, TX MSA |
1,334,877 |
1,538,338 |
0.868 |
14 |
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO CMSA |
1,956,335 |
2,365,345 |
0.827 |
15 |
San Diego, CA MSA |
2,296,304 |
2,780,592 |
0.826 |
16 |
Atlanta, GA MSA |
3,050,737 |
3,746,059 |
0.814 |
17 |
Austin-San Marcos, TX MSA |
899,465 |
1,105,909 |
0.813 |
18 |
Cleveland-Akron, OH CMSA |
2,361,373 |
2,911,683 |
0.811 |
19 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA |
2,932,706 |
3,655,844 |
0.802 |
20 |
Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA |
1,028,774 |
1,321,546 |
0.778 |
21 |
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA CMSA |
11,689,398 |
15,781,273 |
0.741 |
22 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
806,193 |
1,152,541 |
0.699 |
23 |
Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT MSA |
877,564 |
1,267,745 |
0.692 |
24 |
Tucson, AZ MSA |
506,558 |
790,755 |
0.641 |
25 |
Dayton-Springfield, OH MSA |
602,327 |
948,522 |
0.635 |
26 |
El Paso, TX MSA |
445,684 |
703,127 |
0.634 |
27 |
Louisville, KY-IN MSA |
623,328 |
999,267 |
0.624 |
28 |
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA |
2,746,988 |
4,407,579 |
0.623 |
29 |
Springfield, MA MSA |
353,136 |
573,727 |
0.616 |
30 |
Minneapolis-St Paul, MN-WI MSA |
1,692,391 |
2,831,234 |
0.598 |
31 |
St Louis, MO-IL MSA |
1,426,849 |
2,563,801 |
0.557 |
32 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA |
460,572 |
871,604 |
0.528 |
33 |
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN CMSA |
1,020,574 |
1,948,264 |
0.524 |
34 |
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA |
2,479,119 |
4,802,463 |
0.516 |
35 |
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI CMSA |
2,801,634 |
5,457,583 |
0.513 |
36 |
Hartford, CT MSA |
571,493 |
1,143,859 |
0.500 |
37 |
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC MSA |
740,597 |
1,542,143 |
0.480 |
38 |
Orlando, FL MSA |
711,711 |
1,504,569 |
0.473 |
39 |
Jacksonville, FL MSA |
485,960 |
1,044,684 |
0.465 |
40 |
Columbus, OH MSA |
654,377 |
1,469,604 |
0.445 |
41 |
Sacramento-Yolo, CA CMSA |
741,900 |
1,685,812 |
0.440 |
42 |
Richmond-Petersburg, VA MSA |
405,827 |
957,032 |
0.424 |
43 |
Omaha, NE-IA MSA |
289,276 |
693,900 |
0.417 |
44 |
Rochester, NY MSA |
447,881 |
1,081,883 |
0.414 |
45 |
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA |
454,166 |
1,122,974 |
0.404 |
46 |
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA |
440,513 |
1,093,427 |
0.403 |
47 |
Syracuse, NY MSA |
284,780 |
734,640 |
0.388 |
48 |
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA |
871,771 |
2,256,559 |
0.386 |
49 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL MSA |
393,497 |
1,032,625 |
0.381 |
50 |
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA |
1,085,496 |
2,931,004 |
0.370 |
51 |
Albuquerque, NM MSA |
245,752 |
678,633 |
0.362 |
52 |
Toledo, OH MSA |
212,326 |
609,935 |
0.348 |
53 |
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA |
354,358 |
1,079,873 |
0.328 |
54 |
Stockton-Lodi, CA MSA |
177,817 |
550,445 |
0.323 |
55 |
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA |
555,331 |
1,737,025 |
0.320 |
56 |
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR MSA |
167,021 |
556,295 |
0.300 |
57 |
Bakersfield, CA MSA |
185,924 |
631,459 |
0.294 |
58 |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA |
158,172 |
541,159 |
0.292 |
59 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA |
392,689 |
1,383,080 |
0.284 |
60 |
Indianapolis, IN MSA |
406,835 |
1,519,194 |
0.268 |
61 |
Fresno, CA MSA |
222,152 |
870,478 |
0.255 |
62 |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA MSA |
155,462 |
616,877 |
0.252 |
63 |
Columbia, SC MSA |
123,733 |
512,316 |
0.242 |
64 |
Nashville, TN MSA |
275,661 |
1,156,225 |
0.238 |
65 |
Tulsa, OK MSA |
183,837 |
776,906 |
0.237 |
66 |
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA |
126,571 |
543,082 |
0.233 |
67 |
Knoxville, TN MSA |
149,863 |
659,074 |
0.227 |
68 |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA MSA |
139,098 |
615,491 |
0.226 |
69 |
Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI MSA |
214,031 |
1,037,933 |
0.206 |
70 |
Baton Rouge, LA MSA |
114,843 |
575,129 |
0.200 |
71 |
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
206,564 |
1,167,629 |
0.177 |
72 |
Wichita, KS MSA |
94,188 |
544,343 |
0.173 |
73 |
Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA |
103,511 |
616,031 |
0.168 |
74 |
Birmingham, AL MSA |
150,016 |
908,508 |
0.165 |
75 |
Mobile, AL MSA |
85,629 |
532,257 |
0.161 |
76 |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA |
162,508 |
1,038,999 |
0.156 |
77 |
Youngstown-Warren, OH MSA |
90,861 |
591,752 |
0.154 |
78 |
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC MSA |
43,886 |
918,351 |
0.048 |
Calculated from US Census Bureau and US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration National Transit Database Information. |
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