Journey to Work Market Shares: US Central Business Districts: 1990: Ranked by Public Transport Share

Journey to Work
Market Shares:
US Central Business Districts: 1990:
Ranked by Public Transport Market Share

Listing by Central Business District Name

Ranking by Public Transport Market Share:
Journey to Work: US Central Business Districts: 1990

Rank Central Business District Auto-Alone Car Pool Public Transport Other

1 New York 10.3% 5.2% 74.0% 10.4%

2 Chicago 26.1% 9.3% 60.7% 3.9%

3 Brooklyn 28.4% 9.7% 56.4% 5.5%

4 San Francisco 27.3% 14.1% 50.3% 8.3%

5 Boston 35.0% 10.3% 49.3% 5.4%

6 Philadelphia 35.8% 11.8% 44.0% 8.4%

7 Washington 35.3% 21.9% 37.0% 5.7%

8 Seattle 45.5% 13.7% 36.2% 4.6%

9 Pittsburgh 47.1% 17.1% 33.4% 2.4%

10 Minneapolis 56.3% 14.9% 24.4% 4.4%

11 Baltimore 53.9% 17.0% 24.1% 4.9%

12 Newark 57.5% 15.3% 23.2% 3.9%

13 Oakland 58.8% 13.3% 22.4% 5.5%

14 Cleveland 62.2% 14.7% 21.3% 1.9%

15 Portland 58.7% 15.6% 20.0% 5.7%

16 Houston 65.3% 16.1% 16.9% 1.7%

17 Buffalo 64.3% 15.9% 16.9% 2.9%

18 Denver 63.9% 15.4% 16.7% 4.0%

19 Cincinnati 62.9% 18.2% 16.6% 2.3%

20 St. Paul 62.0% 18.2% 16.5% 3.3%

21 Honolulu 51.9% 23.8% 16.0% 8.4%

22 Atlanta 67.9% 14.8% 15.9% 1.4%

23 New Orleans 60.8% 20.4% 15.2% 3.6%

24 Los Angeles 62.6% 18.7% 14.3% 4.4%

25 Dallas 67.0% 17.9% 13.9% 1.2%

26 Milwaukee 67.6% 15.1% 13.8% 3.5%

27 Providence 68.3% 14.3% 13.3% 4.2%

28 St. Petersburg 68.3% 14.3% 13.3% 4.2%

29 Columbus 67.4% 18.3% 12.8% 1.5%

30 Rochester 69.7% 14.9% 12.1% 3.2%

31 Miami 68.8% 16.4% 12.0% 2.7%

32 San Diego 68.2% 14.7% 11.9% 5.1%

33 Detroit 71.8% 14.8% 11.4% 2.1%

34 St. Louis 69.3% 18.2% 10.5% 2.0%

35 Charlotte 62.7% 21.0% 10.4% 5.8%

36 Sacramento 62.7% 21.0% 10.4% 5.8%

37 Salt Lake City 71.3% 16.1% 8.7% 3.9%

38 Hartford 63.4% 14.3% 8.0% 14.2%

39 San Antonio 73.6% 16.8% 7.9% 1.7%

40 Kansas City 71.4% 18.6% 7.7% 2.2%

41 Long Beach 73.1% 12.8% 6.2% 7.9%

42 Phoenix 75.8% 15.3% 5.4% 3.4%

43 Indianapolis 74.3% 18.3% 5.3% 2.1%

44 San Jose 74.2% 13.6% 5.2% 7.1%

45 Tampa 77.5% 15.5% 5.2% 1.8%

46 Norfollk 78.3% 14.3% 3.6% 3.8%

47 Tacoma 80.9% 12.2% 3.4% 3.6%

48 Fort Worth 76.3% 20.3% 2.2% 1.2%

49 Orlando 81.6% 13.5% 1.8% 3.2%

Source: US Census Bureau data.
CBD data provided by US Census Bureau for all but Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, Providence, Sacramento, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington for which The Public Purpose calculations are provided (based upon census tracts).
Includes central business districts in all US metropolitan areas of more than one million population in 1990. Honolulu, the only smaller metropolitan area with significant public transport ridership is also included.