In total transit ridership per capita, the highest ranked large urban areas are:
1—NYC
2—SF
3—DC
4—Boston
5—Seattle
6—Chicago
7—Philly
8—LA
9—Portland
10—Salt Lake
www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...
Yonah Freemark
I'm catching plenty of reader comments that say "What about New York?" "What about Chicago and Washington, D.C.?" A little known subtlety, found in the National Transit Database, tells us that metro Seattle transit use is slightly more per capita than Chicago, and similar totals to Philly.
