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The following is a
list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips, unless otherwise noted, and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports StatisticsAmerican Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2007. for the second quarter of 2007, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used. Those systems marked with an asterisk (*) are integrated with a
heavy rail rapid transit system.
Image:Green-line-e-branch-streetcar-front.jpg]'s Green LineImage:San Francisco-N Judah.jpg|
Muni Metro's N Judah lineImage:Lametro.jpg]'s Gold LineImage:PortlandTriMetMAX.jpg|
MAX Light Rail{| class="wikitable" margin-right:60px"!Rank!System!Largest city served!Daily
Ridership!Date!Miles of track|-|align=right|1|
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line (MBTA)*|
Boston [LACMTA Blue Line,
LACMTA Green Line, and LACMTA Gold Line*|Los Angeles, California|134,300|Second quarter of 2007|55.7Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Facts at a Glance, June 19, 2007.|-|align=right|3|Muni Metro, San Francisco cable car system, and
F Market*]|134,100|Second quarter of 2007|66.1San Francisco Municipal Railway, Short Range Transit Plan, Chapter 8: Infrastructure Program, December 6, 2005. + 5.4|-|align=right|4|
MAX Light Rail and
Portland Streetcar|110,400|Second quarter of 2007|44Tri-Met, Facts about Tri-Met, October 2006. + 6.0American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Overview.|-|align=right|5|[San Diego Trolley|107,000|Second quarter of 2007|53.5Metropolitan Transit System, Fact Sheet, May 2007.|-|align=right|6|[SEPTA SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines, SEPTA Suburban Trolley Lines, and
Route 15 (SEPTA)*|
Philadelphia|[St. Louis, Missouri|79,800|Second quarter of 2007|46St. Louis Metro, Inside Metrolink, 2007.|-|align=right|8|Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail,
McKinney Avenue Transit Authority streetcar|Dallas, Texas| 61,000|Second quarter of 2007|45Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART Rail Facts + 3.6American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Dallas Overview.|-|align=right|9|TheRide|
Denver Light Rail|[Sacramento, California|49,500|Second quarter of 2007|36.9Sacramento Regional Transit District, RT at a Glance.|-|align=right|11|UTA TRAX|42,500|First quarter of 2007|19Schneider, Keith. " A Rail Line Drives Development in Utah", New York Times, April 22, 2007.|-|align=right|12|[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas
METRORail|39,600|Second quarter of 2007|8.5Metropolitan Transit Authority Of Harris County, METRO Facts, 2007.|-|align=right|13|[Santa Clara VTA Light-rail|
San Jose, California|33,700|Second quarter of 2007|28.6Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Web Site, Frequently Asked Questions, Where does VTA provide service?|-|align=right|14|Hiawatha Line|25,900|Second quarter of 2007|12Metro Transit, Facts about trains and construction, 2007.|-|align=right|15|[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail*]|25,850New Jersey Transit, Facts at a Glance, Fiscal Year 2006.The APTA combines statistics for all New Jersey Transit light rail operations, which includes the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, the Newark Light Rail, and the River Line.|Second quarter of 2006|27.2|-|align=right|16|
Baltimore Light Rail*]|24,500|Second quarter of 2007|30.0 Roads to the Future: Baltimore Central Light Rail Line|-|align=right|17|Pittsburgh Light Rail|
Pittsburgh|[Buffalo, New York|17,300|Second quarter of 2007|6.4NFTA-Metro, Metro Rail Facts, 2004.|-|align=right|19|
Newark Light Rail*]|18,000|Second quarter of 2006|9.9|-|align=right|20|
RTA Rapid Transit Blue and Green Lines (Cleveland)*|Cleveland|[Trenton, New Jersey|7,350|Second quarter of 2006|69.7|-|align=right|22|Memphis Area Transit Authority Main Street Trolley|
Memphis, Tennessee|3,700|Second quarter of 2007|7Memphis Streetcar|-|align=right|23|Sound Transit Tacoma Link|Tacoma, Washington|2,873Sound Transit, Quaterly Performance Report, First Quarter 2007.|First quarter of 2007|1.6Sound Transit, Light Rail Fares|-|align=right|24|
Streetcars in New Orleans|2,600|Second quarter of 2007|21.5 Saint Charles LineCanal and Riverfront line|-|align=right|25|[TECO Line Streetcar System|900|Second quarter of 2007|2.3|-|align=right|26|[Charlotte Trolley|700http://www.wsoctv.com/news/3933129/detail.html|Fourth quarter of 2004|2.1American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Charlotte, July 2005.|-|align=right|27|[River Rail Streetcar|340http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Builders-Like-Rail-Line--but-Riders-are-Sparse/3$3928|2005|2.5|-|align=right|28|[Kenosha Transit|300|Second quarter of 2007|2.0|-|align=right|29|[Island Transit (Texas) trolley|Galveston, Texas|200|Second quarter of 2007|5.2American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site - Galveston Overview,
|}
The following is a list of light rail systems in the United States,
ranked by ridership per mile of track. Figures are computed using the 'ridership' and 'miles of track' numbers above.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-right:60px"!Rank!Community served!Ridership per mile|-|1|align=left|
Boston|4,659|-|3|align=left|[Buffalo, New York|2,703|-|4|align=left|Los Angeles|2,237|-|6|align=left|[Portland, Oregon|2,208|-|7|align=left|
Minneapolis|2,000|-|9|align=left|[San Francisco|1,818|-|11|align=left|[Tacoma|1,735|-|13|align=left|[Denver|1,435|-|15|align=left|[Sacramento|1,255|-|17|align=left|[San Jose, California|1,178|-|18|align=left|Hudson County, New Jersey|950|-|19|align=left|
Pittsburgh|827|-|21|align=left|[Baltimore|529|-|23|align=left|[Tampa|333|-|25|align=left|[Kenosha|136|-|27|align=left|[Trenton, New Jersey|105|-|28|align=left|[New Orleans|38|}
Notes
See also
The following is a
list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips, unless otherwise noted, and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports StatisticsAmerican Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2007. for the second quarter of 2007, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used. Those systems marked with an asterisk (*) are integrated with a heavy rail
rapid transit system.
Image:Green-line-e-branch-streetcar-front.jpg]'s Green LineImage:San Francisco-N Judah.jpg|Muni Metro's N Judah lineImage:Lametro.jpg]'s Gold LineImage:PortlandTriMetMAX.jpg|
MAX Light Rail{| class="wikitable" margin-right:60px"!Rank!System!Largest city served!Daily
Ridership!Date!Miles of track|-|align=right|1|Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line (MBTA)*|
Boston [LACMTA Blue Line, LACMTA Green Line, and
LACMTA Gold Line*|
Los Angeles, California|134,300|Second quarter of 2007|55.7Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Facts at a Glance, June 19, 2007.|-|align=right|3|
Muni Metro,
San Francisco cable car system, and
F Market*]|134,100|Second quarter of 2007|66.1San Francisco Municipal Railway, Short Range Transit Plan, Chapter 8: Infrastructure Program, December 6, 2005. + 5.4|-|align=right|4|MAX Light Rail and
Portland Streetcar|110,400|Second quarter of 2007|44Tri-Met, Facts about Tri-Met, October 2006. + 6.0American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Overview.|-|align=right|5|[San Diego Trolley|107,000|Second quarter of 2007|53.5Metropolitan Transit System, Fact Sheet, May 2007.|-|align=right|6|[SEPTA SEPTA Subway-Surface Trolley Lines,
SEPTA Suburban Trolley Lines, and Route 15 (SEPTA)*|Philadelphia|[St. Louis, Missouri|79,800|Second quarter of 2007|46St. Louis Metro, Inside Metrolink, 2007.|-|align=right|8|
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail, McKinney Avenue Transit Authority streetcar|
Dallas, Texas| 61,000|Second quarter of 2007|45Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART Rail Facts + 3.6American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Dallas Overview.|-|align=right|9|TheRide|
Denver Light Rail|[Sacramento, California|49,500|Second quarter of 2007|36.9Sacramento Regional Transit District, RT at a Glance.|-|align=right|11|
UTA TRAX|42,500|First quarter of 2007|19Schneider, Keith. " A Rail Line Drives Development in Utah", New York Times, April 22, 2007.|-|align=right|12|[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas METRORail|39,600|Second quarter of 2007|8.5Metropolitan Transit Authority Of Harris County, METRO Facts, 2007.|-|align=right|13|[Santa Clara VTA Light-rail|
San Jose, California|33,700|Second quarter of 2007|28.6Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Web Site, Frequently Asked Questions, Where does VTA provide service?|-|align=right|14|
Hiawatha Line|25,900|Second quarter of 2007|12Metro Transit, Facts about trains and construction, 2007.|-|align=right|15|[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail*]|25,850New Jersey Transit, Facts at a Glance, Fiscal Year 2006.The APTA combines statistics for all New Jersey Transit light rail operations, which includes the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, the Newark Light Rail, and the River Line.|Second quarter of 2006|27.2|-|align=right|16|
Baltimore Light Rail*]|24,500|Second quarter of 2007|30.0 Roads to the Future: Baltimore Central Light Rail Line|-|align=right|17|Pittsburgh Light Rail|Pittsburgh|[Buffalo, New York|17,300|Second quarter of 2007|6.4NFTA-Metro, Metro Rail Facts, 2004.|-|align=right|19|Newark Light Rail*]|18,000|Second quarter of 2006|9.9|-|align=right|20|RTA Rapid Transit
Blue and Green Lines (Cleveland)*|
Cleveland|[Trenton, New Jersey|7,350|Second quarter of 2006|69.7|-|align=right|22|Memphis Area Transit Authority Main Street Trolley|
Memphis, Tennessee|3,700|Second quarter of 2007|7Memphis Streetcar|-|align=right|23|Sound Transit Tacoma Link|Tacoma, Washington|2,873Sound Transit, Quaterly Performance Report, First Quarter 2007.|First quarter of 2007|1.6Sound Transit, Light Rail Fares|-|align=right|24|
Streetcars in New Orleans|2,600|Second quarter of 2007|21.5 Saint Charles LineCanal and Riverfront line|-|align=right|25|[TECO Line Streetcar System|900|Second quarter of 2007|2.3|-|align=right|26|[Charlotte Trolley|700http://www.wsoctv.com/news/3933129/detail.html|Fourth quarter of 2004|2.1American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Charlotte, July 2005.|-|align=right|27|[River Rail Streetcar|340http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Builders-Like-Rail-Line--but-Riders-are-Sparse/3$3928|2005|2.5|-|align=right|28|[Kenosha Transit|300|Second quarter of 2007|2.0|-|align=right|29|[Island Transit (Texas) trolley|
Galveston, Texas|200|Second quarter of 2007|5.2American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site - Galveston Overview,
|}
The following is a list of light rail systems in the United States,
ranked by ridership per mile of track. Figures are computed using the 'ridership' and 'miles of track' numbers above.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; margin-right:60px"!Rank!Community served!Ridership per mile|-|1|align=left|Boston|4,659|-|3|align=left|[Buffalo, New York|2,703|-|4|align=left|Los Angeles|2,237|-|6|align=left|[Portland, Oregon|2,208|-|7|align=left|
Minneapolis|2,000|-|9|align=left|[San Francisco|1,818|-|11|align=left|[Tacoma|1,735|-|13|align=left|[Denver|1,435|-|15|align=left|[Sacramento|1,255|-|17|align=left|[San Jose, California|1,178|-|18|align=left|
Hudson County, New Jersey|950|-|19|align=left|
Pittsburgh|827|-|21|align=left|[Baltimore|529|-|23|align=left|[Tampa|333|-|25|align=left|[Kenosha|136|-|27|align=left|[Trenton, New Jersey|105|-|28|align=left|[New Orleans|38|}
Notes
See also
