This might be a naive interpretation, but I look at how heavily used Seattle's bus system is (boring, affordable buses, compared to shiny expensive trains) and we still rank this high.
Every city above us in these rankings, and not a few below, have a much more extensive rail network.
Kenneth Trease
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.
