US light rail and streetcar ridership June 2016 : Wikipedia export
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System
Weekday ridership
Length
Weekday ridership/mile
Note
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Unless otherwise noted, data from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_light_rail_systems_by_ridership
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Boston MBTA light rail186,20026 miles7,162
DDOT's methodology lists Boston's GN line as 9,900/mile. The difference is likely due to differences in when the data was collected. Ridership varies both across years and seasons.
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San Francisco Muni Metro light rail156,00035.7 miles4,370
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San Francisco cable cars17,7005.2 miles3,404
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Minneapolis Metro light rail71,40021.8 miles3,275
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New Jersey Hudson–Bergen light rail66,29923.25 miles2,852
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Buffalo Metro light rail17,1006.4 miles2,672
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Houston Metro light rail60,60022.7 miles2,670
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Los Angeles Metro light rail189,70081.1 miles2,339
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San Diego Trolley light rail123,30053.5 miles2,305
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Phoenix Valley Metro light rail58,70026 miles2,258
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Portland Streetcar15,2487.35 miles2,075
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Portland MAX light rail122,90060 miles2,048
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Seattle and Tacoma Link light rail41,00020.4 miles2,010
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Charlotte Lynx light rail16,7009.6 miles1,740
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Philadelphia SEPTA Trolley streetcars111,60068.4 miles1,632
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Denver RTD light rail76,60047 miles1,630
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DC Streetcar3,0681.9 miles1,615Updated for January 2017
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Salt Lake City TRAX light rail67,30044.8 miles1,502
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Dallas DART light rail104,80090 miles1,164
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Sacramento RT Light Rail45,30042.9 miles1,056
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Saint Louis MetroLink light rail47,60046 miles1,035
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New Orleans RTA streetcars22,90022.3 miles1,027
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Tucson Sun Link streetcar4,0003.9 miles1,026
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Pittsburgh The T light rail22,28126.2 miles850
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San Jose VTA light rail33,40042.2 miles791
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Norfolk Tide light rail5,8007.4 miles784
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Baltimore MTA light rail22,80033 miles691
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Salt Lake City S Line streetcar1,0872 miles544
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Memphis MATA Trolley streetcar3,1646.3 miles502
Numbers from http://m-1rail.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/M1RAIL_Ridership.Excerpt.Business_Plan#page=4
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Seattle Streetcar1,8003.8 miles474
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Cleveland RTA Rapid light rail7,14515.3 miles467
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Oceanside-Escondido SPRINTER8,90022 miles405
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Atlanta Streetcar1,0002.7 miles370
Numbers from https://medium.com/@daringivens/atlanta-streetcar-ridership-plunges-it-s-sad-but-fixable-254aea5340b9#.3554cm9f4
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New Jersey RiverLINE8,95434 miles263
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Tampa TECO streetcar6002.7 miles222
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Dallas Streetcar2851.6 miles178
Numbers from http://transportationblog.dallasnews.com/2015/05/for-the-second-time-in-four-days-dallas-streetcar-is-stopped-dead-in-its-tracks.html/
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Little Rock Metro Streetcar4003.4 miles118
Numbers from http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=jpt