USA Urban Road and Mass Transit Market Share:
Urban Areas Over 500,000: Estimated 2002

2002: Urban Areas (Urbanized Areas) Over 500,000 and National Totals
Non-Transit Road Travel Market Share Rank Urban Area (Urbanized Area) Non-Transit Road Travel Market Share Mass Transit Market Share Total Annual Travel (Millions of Person Miles) Annual Non-Transit Road Travel (Millions of Person Miles) Annual Mass Transit Travel (Millions of Person Miles)
1 McAllen, TX 99.98% 0.02% 4,697 4,696 1
2 Birmingham, AL 99.89% 0.11% 13,895 13,880 15
3 Tulsa, OK 99.86% 0.14% 11,305 11,289 16
4 Raleigh, NC 99.86% 0.14% 14,442 14,422 21
5 Oklahoma City, OK 99.85% 0.15% 16,215 16,192 24
6 Omaha, NE-IA 99.82% 0.18% 7,635 7,621 14
7 Nashville-Davidson, TN 99.77% 0.23% 13,894 13,862 32
8 Kansas City, MO-KS 99.77% 0.23% 25,201 25,143 59
9 Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 99.75% 0.25% 7,172 7,154 18
10 Toledo, OH-MI 99.72% 0.28% 7,258 7,238 20
11 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 99.72% 0.28% 33,138 33,044 94
12 Indianapolis, IN 99.71% 0.29% 18,467 18,414 53
13 Albuquerque, NM 99.71% 0.29% 7,458 7,437 22
14 Grand Rapids, MI 99.68% 0.32% 7,541 7,517 24
15 Jacksonville, FL 99.65% 0.35% 16,774 16,715 59
16 Akron, OH 99.64% 0.36% 7,843 7,815 29
17 Richmond, VA 99.64% 0.36% 14,716 14,663 54
18 Louisville, KY-IN 99.62% 0.38% 13,554 13,502 51
19 Virginia Beach, VA 99.62% 0.38% 21,286 21,204 82
20 Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ 99.61% 0.39% 5,704 5,682 22
21 Columbus, OH 99.57% 0.43% 15,771 15,703 68
22 Dayton, OH 99.56% 0.44% 9,603 9,561 42
23 Springfield, MA-CT 99.56% 0.44% 8,384 8,347 37
24 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 99.52% 0.48% 13,999 13,931 68
25 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 99.51% 0.49% 37,405 37,223 182
26 Detroit, MI 99.49% 0.51% 57,641 57,347 293
27 Rochester, NY 99.49% 0.51% 9,110 9,064 46
28 Hartford, CT 99.48% 0.52% 13,016 12,949 67
29 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 99.48% 0.52% 21,206 21,097 110
30 Fresno, CA 99.48% 0.52% 7,350 7,312 38
31 Albany, NY 99.46% 0.54% 8,673 8,627 47
32 Charlotte, NC-SC 99.43% 0.57% 11,847 11,780 67
33 Buffalo, NY 99.43% 0.57% 12,961 12,887 74
34 Orlando, FL 99.40% 0.60% 24,172 24,027 145
35 Tucson, AZ 99.31% 0.69% 8,393 8,335 58
36 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 99.31% 0.69% 64,281 63,838 443
37 Sacramento, CA 99.25% 0.75% 18,294 18,158 137
38 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 99.24% 0.76% 21,123 20,963 160
39 Providence, RI-MA 99.23% 0.77% 14,917 14,802 115
40 St. Louis, MO-IL 99.22% 0.78% 36,151 35,870 281
41 Salt Lake City, UT 99.14% 0.86% 13,550 13,434 117
42 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 99.12% 0.88% 37,472 37,143 329
43 El Paso, TX-NM 99.08% 0.92% 7,326 7,258 68
44 Austin, TX 99.04% 0.96% 12,273 12,155 118
45 Milwaukee, WI 99.01% 0.99% 19,081 18,893 188
46 Houston, TX 99.01% 0.99% 58,657 58,076 581
47 San Antonio, TX 98.99% 1.01% 18,845 18,655 191
48 Miami, FL 98.93% 1.07% 62,571 61,899 672
49 Las Vegas, NV 98.91% 1.09% 15,882 15,710 173
50 San Jose, CA 98.76% 1.24% 23,878 23,581 297
51 San Diego, CA 98.72% 1.28% 40,010 39,499 511
52 Denver-Aurora, CO 98.70% 1.30% 27,411 27,055 356
53 Cleveland, OH 98.61% 1.39% 18,597 18,339 258
54 Atlanta, GA 98.60% 1.40% 61,184 60,328 856
55 New Orleans, LA 98.52% 1.48% 9,629 9,486 142
56 Baltimore, MD 98.47% 1.53% 30,359 29,896 463
57 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 98.43% 1.57% 178,616 175,817 2,799
58 Pittsburgh, PA 98.38% 1.62% 21,865 21,510 355
59 Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY 98.24% 1.76% 12,194 11,979 215
60 Seattle, WA 97.78% 2.22% 39,852 38,969 883
61 Portland, OR-WA 97.69% 2.31% 19,381 18,934 447
62 New Haven, CT 97.27% 2.73% 8,297 8,070 227
63 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 97.05% 2.95% 57,283 55,595 1,688
64 Boston, MA-NH-RI 96.39% 3.61% 49,805 48,008 1,797
65 Chicago, IL-IN 96.20% 3.80% 95,547 91,917 3,630
66 San Francisco-Oakland, CA 96.11% 3.89% 48,101 46,231 1,870
67 Concord, CA 95.98% 4.02% 8,826 8,471 355
68 Washington, DC-VA-MD 95.67% 4.33% 53,803 51,475 2,328
69 Honolulu, HI 95.61% 4.39% 7,352 7,029 323
70 New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT 90.38% 9.62% 181,539 164,066 17,472
  Mission Viejo, CA See note        
             
  Total Over 500,000 97.77% 2.23% 1,921,682 1,878,790 42,893
             
  Without New York 98.54% 1.46% 1,740,144 1,714,723 25,421
             
  Total National Urban 98.40% 1.60% 2,856,882 2,811,250 45,632
             
  Without New York 98.95% 1.05% 2,675,343 2,647,183 28,160
             
  Sources          
  Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute, FHWA, FTA and APTA data.    
             
  Notes          
  Road person mile estimate assumes national average vehicle occupancy rate of 1.63. (2001 NHTS)
  Mission Viejo included in Los Angeles (no separate data for Mission Viejo)    
  No FHWA road data for Concord. Daily per capita travel assumed at San Jose rate. San Francisco FHWA road data includes Concord and is downwardly adjusted in this analysis.

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