According to data from the Walk Score team, here are the 25 best American cities for public transit. The transit score bases on how well a particular location or an area is served by public transport. However, the team used open data released by local public transit agencies as a basis for the ranking. In addition, only those cities that provide open public transit data in America were ranked. This is the full list:
  1. New York (81)
  2. San Francisco (80)
  3. Boston (74)
  4. Washington, D.C. (69)
  5. Philadelphia (68)
  6. Chicago (65)
  7. Seattle (59)
  8. Miami (57)
  9. Baltimore (57)
  10. Portland (50)
  11. Los Angeles (49)
  12. Milwaukee (49)
  13. Denver (47)
  14. Cleveland (45)
  15. San Jose (40)
  16. Dallas (39)
  17. Houston (36)
  18. San Diego (36)
  19. San Antonio (35)
  20. Kansas City (24)
  21. Austin (33)
  22. Sacramento (32)
  23. Las Vegas (32)
  24. Columbus (29)
  25. Raleigh (23)
Source: Walk Score team. By: Richard Florida.