Usage of Light Rail in North America
| System | Largest city served | Daily ridership (2012 Q2) |
Annual Ridership (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey* | Monterrey | 419.4 | 152,996.0 |
| Calgary Transit | Calgary | 263.2 | 76,830.7 |
| Massachusetts Bay Tr Auth | Boston | 248.9 | 73,233.1 |
| Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano* | Guadalajara | 206.4 | 76,111.0 |
| Los Angeles County MTA | Los Angeles | 184.3 | 50,797.9 |
| San Francisco Muni Rwy | San Francisco | 158.5 | 50,794.6 |
| Tri-County Metro Trp Dist | Portland | 132.8 | 41,906.9 |
| Southeastern Penn TA | Philadelphia | 105.0 | 32,998.2 |
| San Diego Metrop Transit S | San Diego | 94.3 | 32,748.7 |
| Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos* | Mexico City | 85.1 | 27,540.0 |
| Edmonton Transit System* | Edmonton | 78.7 | 26,434.2 |
| Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Dallas | 74.2 | 23,658.7 |
| Regional Trp District | Denver | 69.3 | 20,694.7 |
| New Jersey Transit Corp* | Newark | 61.5 | 21,306.2 |
| Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | 55.7 | 15,297.9 |
| Bi-State Dev Agency | Saint Louis | 54.8 | 16,505.2 |
| Sacramento Reg Tr Dist | Sacramento | 47.5 | NA |
| Valley Metro Rail, Inc. | Phoenix | 41.3 | 13,161.8 |
| Metro Tr Auth of Harris Co | Houston | 37.4 | 10,776.0 |
| Santa Clara Valley Trp Auth | San Jose | 32.6 | 10,219.4 |
| Metro Transit | Minneapolis | 32.4 | 10,400.9 |
| Sound Transit | Seattle | 29.8 | 8,784.9 |
| Maryland Transit Admin | Baltimore | 28.5 | 8,462.3 |
| Port Auth of Allegheny Co | Pittsburgh | 28.5 | 6,751.5 |
| Niagara Frontier Trp Auth | Buffalo | 21.7 | 6,973.4 |
| Regional Transit Auth | New Orleans | 21.1 | 6,602.4 |
| Charlotte Area Transit | Charlotte | 15.5 | 4,792.1 |
| OC Transpo | Ottawa | 10.1 | 3,632.5 |
| North County Transit District | Oceanside | 7.9 | 2,411.3 |
| Greater Cleveland Reg TA* | Cleveland | 7.7 | 2,744.6 |
| Memphis Area Transit Auth | Memphis | 5.3 | 1,161.9 |
| Hampton Roads Transit | Hampton | 4.3 | 641.9 |
| King County Dept of Trp | Seattle | 2.5 | 714.7 |
| Hillsborough Area Reg TA | Tampa | .6 | 358.7 |
| City of Galveston/Island Tr** | Galveston | .0 | .0 |
Note: Ridership figures are in thousands. Daily ridership figures represent average weekday ridership figures for all cities except those marked with an asterisk (*), where they represent average for all days (i.e. including weekends). Galveston, marked with two asterisks (**), has not operated its system since 2008 when it was shut down due to damage from hurricane Ike.
Sources:
- American Public Transportation Association 3Q2012.
- INEGI
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