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Highest-Ridership Streetcar Systems

US streetcar systems ranked by annual unlinked passenger trips. · 2024 report year

This table ranks 25 US streetcar operators by annual ridership for 2024. 25 agencies reported streetcar service in total, carrying 37.5 million trips between them.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority leads at 13.5 million trips.

#AgencyLocation Annual tripsAnnual trips Operating expenseFarebox
1 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia, PA 13,512,172 13,512,172 $93.5 million 14%
2 City and County of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 3,828,113 3,828,113 $31.7 million 6%
3 New Orleans Regional Transit Authority New Orleans, LA 3,518,666 3,518,666 $27.1 million 6%
4 City of Portland Portland, OR 2,860,863 2,860,863 $23.2 million 2%
5 Kansas City, City of Missouri Kansas City, MO 1,806,946 1,806,946 $8.7 million —
6 City of Tucson Tucson, AZ 1,671,376 1,671,376 $5.2 million 15%
7 King County Seattle, WA 1,492,360 1,492,360 $14.8 million 5%
8 Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority Tampa, FL 1,323,715 1,323,715 $3.3 million —
9 City of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 1,159,008 1,159,008 $5.3 million —
10 M-1 Rail Detroit, MI 1,143,100 1,143,100 $11.3 million —
11 Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority Seattle, WA 992,082 992,082 $18.0 million 2%
12 District Department of Transportation Washington, DC 836,438 836,438 $11.5 million —
13 Valley Metro Rail, Inc. Phoenix, AZ 793,627 793,627 $5.2 million —
14 City of Charlotte North Carolina Charlotte, NC 561,817 561,817 $5.0 million —
15 City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 369,959 369,959 $7.1 million —
16 McKinney Avenue Transit Authority Dallas, TX 361,451 361,451 $2.2 million 1%
17 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta, GA 283,536 283,536 $6.3 million 0%
18 City of Memphis Memphis, TN 261,692 261,692 $3.6 million 4%
19 City of El Paso El Paso, TX 240,289 240,289 $2.7 million —
20 Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority Oklahoma City, OK 234,594 234,594 $7.5 million 1%
21 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas, TX 167,645 167,645 $3.6 million 3%
22 Rock Region Metropolitan Transit Authority North Little Rock, AR 66,442 66,442 $1.1 million —
23 City of Kenosha Kenosha, WI 22,481 22,481 $370,958 4%
24 City of Galveston Galveston, TX 16,055 16,055 $902,726 1%
25 Loop Trolley Transportation Development District Saint Louis, MO 12,348 12,348 $838,046 —

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Source & method. Figures are from the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database (NTD) annual reporting for 2024, the most recent published report year. Cost per rider is operating expense divided by unlinked passenger trips. Farebox recovery is fare revenue divided by operating expense. Ten-year trends are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; single-year figures are as reported. Agencies self-report to the NTD, and reporting practice varies, so figures are best read as comparable in magnitude rather than to the cent.