Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
Estimated Transit Market Share: 1999 |
1 |
New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA |
8.56% |
2 |
Honolulu, HI MSA |
4.09% |
3 |
Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA |
3.26% |
4 |
San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA |
2.81% |
5 |
Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA |
2.62% |
6 |
Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA |
2.35% |
7 |
Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA |
2.28% |
8 |
New Orleans, LA MSA |
1.77% |
9 |
Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA |
1.43% |
10 |
San Diego, CA MSA |
1.40% |
11 |
Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA |
1.36% |
12 |
Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA |
1.29% |
13 |
Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA |
1.21% |
14 |
Pittsburgh, PA MSA |
1.13% |
15 |
Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA |
1.13% |
16 |
Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA |
1.11% |
17 |
Atlanta, GA MSA |
0.98% |
18 |
Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA |
0.88% |
19 |
Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA |
0.85% |
20 |
Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA |
0.77% |
21 |
San Antonio, TX MSA |
0.75% |
22 |
Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA |
0.70% |
23 |
Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA |
0.68% |
24 |
Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA |
0.63% |
25 |
St. Louis, MO--IL MSA |
0.60% |
26 |
Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA |
0.57% |
27 |
Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA |
0.54% |
28 |
Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA |
0.51% |
29 |
Hartford, CT MSA |
0.47% |
30 |
Orlando, FL MSA |
0.45% |
31 |
Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA |
0.44% |
32 |
Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA |
0.43% |
33 |
Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA |
0.42% |
34 |
Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA |
0.40% |
35 |
Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA |
0.38% |
36 |
Louisville, KY--IN MSA |
0.38% |
37 |
Columbus, OH MSA |
0.36% |
38 |
Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA |
0.35% |
39 |
West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA |
0.27% |
40 |
Rochester, NY MSA |
0.27% |
41 |
Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA |
0.26% |
42 |
Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA |
0.25% |
43 |
Jacksonville, FL MSA |
0.25% |
44 |
Indianapolis, IN MSA |
0.21% |
45 |
Kansas City, MO--KS MSA |
0.20% |
46 |
Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA |
0.13% |
47 |
Nashville, TN MSA |
0.11% |
48 |
Oklahoma City, OK MSA |
0.11% |
49 |
Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA |
0.06% |
50 |
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA |
0.05% |
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.) |