Metropolitan Area |
Operating Expenditures per Passenger Mile |
Rank: Lowest to Highest |
Operating & Capital Expenditures per Passenger Mile |
Rank: Lowest to Highest |
Atlanta |
$0.348 |
4 |
$0.600 |
15 |
Austin |
$0.544 |
27 |
$0.713 |
22 |
Boston |
$0.398 |
9 |
$0.578 |
10 |
Buffalo |
$0.801 |
49 |
$0.922 |
36 |
Charlotte |
$0.437 |
13 |
$0.700 |
21 |
Chicago |
$0.367 |
6 |
$0.475 |
4 |
Cincinnati |
$0.418 |
11 |
$0.489 |
5 |
Cleveland |
$0.695 |
40 |
$0.871 |
33 |
Columbus |
$0.712 |
43 |
$0.901 |
35 |
Denver |
$0.533 |
25 |
$0.767 |
25 |
Detroit |
$0.773 |
46 |
$0.843 |
31 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
$0.787 |
48 |
$1.558 |
48 |
Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point |
$1.471 |
50 |
$1.684 |
49 |
Grand Rapids |
$0.787 |
47 |
$1.066 |
45 |
Hartford |
$0.583 |
31 |
$0.592 |
14 |
Honolulu |
$0.273 |
1 |
$0.300 |
1 |
Houston |
$0.392 |
8 |
$0.718 |
23 |
Indianapolis |
$0.477 |
19 |
$0.543 |
7 |
Jacksonville |
$0.662 |
38 |
$0.782 |
26 |
Kansas City |
$0.743 |
44 |
$0.943 |
39 |
Los Angeles |
$0.495 |
23 |
$0.583 |
12 |
Las Vegas |
$0.298 |
2 |
$0.415 |
3 |
Louisville |
$0.613 |
32 |
$0.847 |
32 |
Memphis |
$0.472 |
17 |
$0.642 |
16 |
Miami |
$0.457 |
16 |
$0.581 |
11 |
Milwaukee |
$0.542 |
26 |
$0.561 |
9 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
$0.581 |
30 |
$0.822 |
29 |
New Orleans |
$0.477 |
20 |
$0.546 |
8 |
Norfolk |
$0.430 |
12 |
$0.668 |
18 |
Nashville |
$0.707 |
41 |
$1.017 |
43 |
New York |
$0.361 |
5 |
$0.534 |
6 |
Oklahoma City |
$0.576 |
28 |
$0.925 |
37 |
Orlando |
$0.375 |
7 |
$0.728 |
24 |
Pittsburgh |
$0.653 |
36 |
$1.042 |
44 |
Philadelphia |
$0.486 |
22 |
$0.690 |
20 |
Phoenix |
$0.620 |
33 |
$0.983 |
42 |
Portland |
$0.513 |
24 |
$0.819 |
28 |
Providence |
$0.656 |
37 |
$0.950 |
40 |
Raleigh-Durham |
$0.647 |
35 |
$1.070 |
46 |
Rochester |
$0.751 |
45 |
$0.959 |
41 |
Sacramento |
$0.450 |
15 |
$0.677 |
19 |
San Antonio |
$0.404 |
10 |
$0.586 |
13 |
San Diego |
$0.328 |
3 |
$0.394 |
2 |
Seattle |
$0.577 |
29 |
$1.142 |
47 |
San Francisco-San Jose |
$0.473 |
18 |
$0.837 |
30 |
Salt Lake City |
$0.711 |
42 |
$1.703 |
50 |
St. Louis |
$0.486 |
21 |
$0.940 |
38 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg |
$0.628 |
34 |
$0.788 |
27 |
Washington-Baltimore |
$0.448 |
14 |
$0.648 |
17 |
West Palm Beach |
$0.690 |
39 |
$0.880 |
34 |
Average |
$0.562 |
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$0.800 |
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Database: Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000 plus Honolulu |
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Calculated from National Transit Database, 1999 |
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