I looked this up a few weeks ago and don't remember where I found the numbers, but about as many people ride 76, the highway into the city from the Western suburbs, daily within the city as ride the Market-Frankford El, the largely East-West subway/El line.
This isn't a precise apples to apples comparison, of course, but it struck me because the plight of the poor car commuter is given a hell of a lot more attention than the plight of the daily transit rider. Real time traffic info is ominpresent in local media during rush hour.
