US Public Transport Market Share by
Metropolitan Area: 1999

Metropolitan Area Estimated Road & Transit Passenger Miles: 1999 Total Transit Passenger Miles: 1999 Estimated Transit Market Share: 1999
Atlanta, GA MSA 82,441 805 0.98%
Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA 20,394 104 0.51%
Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA 67,924 1,779 2.62%
Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA 12,917 81 0.63%
Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA 23,280 59 0.25%
Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA 106,710 3,478 3.26%
Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA 29,318 158 0.54%
Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA 35,508 312 0.88%
Columbus, OH MSA 21,593 78 0.36%
Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA 32,497 361 1.11%
Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA 70,019 301 0.43%
Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA 86,425 345 0.40%
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 17,284 9 0.05%
Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA 23,083 13 0.06%
Hartford, CT MSA 16,493 77 0.47%
Honolulu, HI MSA 8,246 337 4.09%
Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA 80,226 544 0.68%
Indianapolis, IN MSA 25,715 53 0.21%
Jacksonville, FL MSA 17,558 44 0.25%
Kansas City, MO--KS MSA 29,606 60 0.20%
Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA 206,048 2,489 1.21%
Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA 14,744 167 1.13%
Louisville, KY--IN MSA 16,693 63 0.38%
Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA 14,872 62 0.42%
Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 44,367 571 1.29%
Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA 24,536 209 0.85%
Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA 41,240 317 0.77%
New Orleans, LA MSA 10,835 192 1.77%
Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA 22,856 81 0.35%
Nashville, TN MSA 24,541 28 0.11%
New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA 205,540 17,588 8.56%
Oklahoma City, OK MSA 15,119 17 0.11%
Orlando, FL MSA 24,313 110 0.45%
Pittsburgh, PA MSA 27,642 314 1.13%
Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA 60,979 1,435 2.35%
Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA 38,140 146 0.38%
Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA 27,148 389 1.43%
Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA 14,699 64 0.44%
Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA 24,883 32 0.13%
Rochester, NY MSA 15,198 41 0.27%
Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA 20,909 146 0.70%
San Antonio, TX MSA 23,057 172 0.75%
San Diego, CA MSA 34,862 486 1.40%
Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA 51,751 706 1.36%
San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA 88,314 2,478 2.81%
Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA 16,704 95 0.57%
St. Louis, MO--IL MSA 44,190 264 0.60%
Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA 29,947 78 0.26%
Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA 99,099 2,263 2.28%
West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA 14,194 38 0.27%
Major Metropolitan 2,104,658 40,041 1.90%
Other Urban 521,675 1,590 0.30%
Total Urban 2,626,333 41,631 1.59%
Exhibit: Major Metropolitan Excluding New York 1,899,118 22,453 1.18%
Exhbit: 5 Metropolitan Areas over 2.5% Transit Market Share (New York, Honolulu, Chicago, San Francisco & Boston) 476,734 25,660 5.38%
Exhibit: Major Metropolitan Excluding 5 Metropolitan Areas over 2.5% Transit Market Share 1,627,924 14,381 0.88%
Calculated from National Transit Database, US Census Bureau Texas Transportation Institute and Federal Highway Administration data.
Passenger miles annualized in millions      
Annual road passenger miles estimated using urbanized area average daily vehicle miles per capita based upon metropolitan area population and applying the FHWA 1.599 average vehicle occupancy figure.
Major metropolitan areas include the 49 areas with more than 1,000,000 population in 1999 and Honolulu (the only metropolitan area smaller than 1,000,000 with a higher than US average annual unlinked transit trips per capita.)

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