Milwaukee and Oklahoma City are both planning to open new streetcar lines later this year, so it is worth taking a look at how the dumbest form of transit is working in other cities. The table below shows all of the streetcar lines reported in the July, 2018 National Transit Database spreadsheet. Ridership numbers are shown for January and July and annual growth compares the last full year (August 2017-July 2018) with the year before that.
| City | Rail Miles | 1-18 Riders | 7-18 Riders | Annual Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 2.6 | 17,416 | 43,915 | -16% |
| Charlotte | 1.6 | 30,163 | 20,291 | -21% |
| Cincinnati | 3.6 | 17,220 | 54,625 | -21% |
| Dallas-Oak | 3.6 | 11,098 | 16,402 | -1% |
| Dallas-McK. | 4.5 | 31,760 | 51,582 | -9% |
| Detroit | 3.3 | 84,456 | 116,086 | |
| Kansas City | 2.2 | 97,194 | 262,593 | -1% |
| Kenosha | 2.0 | 593 | 10,293 | -5% |
| Little Rock | 3.5 | 1,580 | 3,413 | -6% |
| Memphis | 10.5 | 45,457 | ||
| New Orleans | 21.4 | 497,771 | 722,566 | -6% |
| Philadelphia | 217.3 | 2,139,278 | 1,819,919 | -6% |
| Portland | 14.8 | 400,370 | 406,957 | 4% |
| San Francisco | 21.7 | 517,180 | 863,390 | 7% |
| Seattle | 7.9 | 121,995 | 148,228 | 7% |
| Tacoma | 2.7 | 78,644 | 62,810 | -3% |
| Tampa | 3.5 | 25,221 | 26,112 | -1% |
| Tucson | 3.9 | 80,343 | 43,410 | 0% |
| Washington | 5.6 | 87,816 | 88,566 | 13% |
