- List of U.S. cities with high transit ridership
The following is a list of
United States cities of 100,000+ inhabitants with the 50 highest rates ofpublic transit commuting to work, according to data from the 2006American Community Survey . The survey measured the percentage of commuters who take public transit, as opposed to walking,driving anautomobile ,bicycle ,boat , or some other means.1.
New York, New York - 54.24%
2.Jersey City, New Jersey - 46.62%
3.Washington, D.C. - 38.97%
4.Boston, Massachusetts - 31.6%
5.San Francisco, California - 30.29%
6.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26.43%
7.Arlington, Virginia - 26.28%
8.Yonkers, New York - 25.47%
9.Chicago, Illinois - 25.38%
10.Newark, New Jersey - 24.04%
11.Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 21.14%
12.Alexandria, Virginia - 20.55%
13.Baltimore, Maryland - 19.55%
14.Seattle, Washington - 17.79%
15.Berkeley, California - 17.36%
16.Daly City, California - 17.27%
17.Oakland, California - 16.72%
18.Buffalo, New York - 15.62%
19.Richmond, California - 15.55%
20.Hartford, Connecticut - 15.5%
21.Atlanta, Georgia - 14.85%
22.Edison, New Jersey - 14.82%
23.Paterson, New Jersey - 13.85%
24.East Los Angeles, California - 13.75%
25.Minneapolis, Minnesota - 13.19%
26.Portland, Oregon - 12.64%
27.Cleveland, Ohio - 12.22%
28.Miami, Florida - 12.16%
29.Stamford, Connecticut - 11.86%
30.San Juan, Puerto Rico - 11.26%
31.Bridgeport, Connecticut - 11.24%
32.Cincinnati, Ohio - 11.17%
33.Honolulu, Hawaii - 11.08%
34.Los Angeles, California - 10.97%
35.Concord, California - 10.85%
36.Rochester, New York - 10.78%
37.St. Louis, Missouri - 10.28%
38.New Haven, Connecticut - 10.%
39.Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 9.96%
40.Naperville, Illinois - 9.7%
41.Santa Ana, California - 9.24%
42.Providence, Rhode Island - 8.89%
43.Bellevue, Washington - 8.81%
44.Madison, Wisconsin - 8.74%
45.St. Paul, Minnesota - 8.22%
46.Ann Arbor, Michigan - 8.13%
47.Elizabeth, New Jersey - 8.01%
48.Dayton, Ohio - 7.57%
49.Denver, Colorado - 7.44%
50.Eugene, Oregon - 7.37%ee also
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* [http://www.census.gov US Census]
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