Metropolitan US Transit Usage
From 1993 Low Point to 1999

Metropolitan Area 1993 1999 Change % Change Share of Change
Atlanta 140,505 165,899 25,394 18.1% 2.5%
Austin 25,503 35,727 10,224 40.1% 1.0%
Boston 351,455 368,175 16,720 4.8% 1.7%
Buffalo 31,359 26,871 (4,488) -14.3% -0.4%
Charlotte 11,361 12,849 1,489 13.1% 0.1%
Chicago 569,288 581,654 12,366 2.2% 1.2%
Cincinnati 29,851 30,007 156 0.5% 0.0%
Cleveland 61,150 74,675 13,525 22.1% 1.3%
Columbus 16,607 18,790 2,183 13.1% 0.2%
Denver 60,630 74,502 13,872 22.9% 1.4%
Detroit 85,585 62,476 (23,109) -27.0% -2.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth 60,942 72,530 11,588 19.0% 1.2%
Greensboro 5,919 5,044 (875) -14.8% -0.1%
Grand Rapids 3,728 3,904 176 4.7% 0.0%
Hartford 20,597 18,886 (1,711) -8.3% -0.2%
Honolulu 76,307 66,236 (10,070) -13.2% -1.0%
Houston 88,518 98,880 10,363 11.7% 1.0%
Indianapolis 11,284 11,242 (42) -0.4% -0.0%
Jacksonville 9,622 8,430 (1,192) -12.4% -0.1%
Kansas City 15,366 15,375 9 0.1% 0.0%
Los Angeles 526,917 590,481 63,564 12.1% 6.3%
Las Vegas 19,486 53,262 33,776 173.3% 3.4%
Lousville 21,916 16,996 (4,919) -22.4% -0.5%
Memphis 12,833 11,889 (944) -7.4% -0.1%
Miami 113,364 106,073 (7,291) -6.4% -0.7%
Milwaukee 57,703 72,405 14,702 25.5% 1.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul 66,598 75,839 9,241 13.9% 0.9%
New Orleans 66,877 64,141 (2,736) -4.1% -0.3%
Norfolk 12,636 17,585 4,950 39.2% 0.5%
Nashville 6,358 6,920 561 8.8% 0.1%
New York 2,422,115 3,133,505 711,390 29.4% 70.7%
Oklahoma City 4,771 4,331 (439) -9.2% -0.0%
Orlando 10,750 19,833 9,084 84.5% 0.9%
Pittsburgh 77,494 75,720 (1,774) -2.3% -0.2%
Philadelphia 344,877 317,991 (26,886) -7.8% -2.7%
Phoenix 33,707 39,158 5,450 16.2% 0.5%
Portland 67,641 93,439 25,798 38.1% 2.6%
Providence 15,270 16,016 746 4.9% 0.1%
Raleigh-Durham 9,142 11,136 1,993 21.8% 0.2%
Rochester 14,278 12,923 (1,356) -9.5% -0.1%
Sacramento 23,262 32,166 8,904 38.3% 0.9%
San Antonio 43,666 44,002 336 0.8% 0.0%
San Diego 72,108 96,739 24,631 34.2% 2.4%
Seattle 103,940 126,790 22,850 22.0% 2.3%
San Francisco 465,983 474,758 8,776 1.9% 0.9%
Salt Lake City 24,807 22,957 (1,850) -7.5% -0.2%
St. Louis 41,399 54,875 13,476 32.6% 1.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg 18,230 18,653 423 2.3% 0.0%
Washington-Baltimore 481,316 493,865 12,549 2.6% 1.2%
West Palm Beach 2,715 5,782 3,068 113.0% 0.3%
Outside Major Metropolitan Areas 428,196 429,493 1,298 0.3% 0.1%
Total 7,285,930 8,291,875 1,005,945 13.8% 100.0%
In thousands of annual unlinked trips        
Calculated from National Transit Database.      

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