Traffic in United States

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In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 1,797.08kg of CO₂ annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 82.55 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home	3.92%
Walking	5.58%
Car	81.23%
Bicycle	2.24%
Motorcycle	0.83%
Bus/Trolleybus	3.16%
Tram/Streetcar	0.28%
Train/Metro	2.77%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance	24.75 km
Average Travel Time	33.82 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance	4.27 km
Walking	20.69 min
Waiting	0.95 min
Driving Car	2.54 min
Bicycle	0.21 min
Motorcycle	0.02 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	0.71 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	0.13 min
Train/Metro Ride	1.18 min
Overall	26.46 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance	26.79 km
Walking	0.52 min
Waiting	0.00 min
Driving Car	32.50 min
Overall	33.02 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance	7.09 km
Walking	0.67 min
Bicycle	24.07 min
Overall	25.24 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance	47.37 km
Walking	2.00 min
Motorcycle	52.89 min
Overall	54.89 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance	19.47 km
Walking	5.89 min
Waiting	7.05 min
Driving Car	0.06 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	35.97 min
Train/Metro Ride	2.31 min
Overall	52.65 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance	14.29 km
Walking	6.48 min
Waiting	7.48 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	0.48 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	28.95 min
Overall	45.05 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance	21.80 km
Walking	8.12 min
Waiting	5.25 min
Driving Car	0.18 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	1.06 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	0.22 min
Train/Metro Ride	34.46 min
Overall	50.68 min

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Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in United States

City	Traffic Index	Time Index (in minutes)	Time Exp. Index	Inefficiency Index	CO₂ Emission Index
Los Angeles, CA	315.5	57.2	12641.6	683.5	14319.8
San Francisco, CA	242.0	49.0	5686.0	555.7	8836.0
Detroit, MI	217.6	43.7	2891.8	330.7	10398.6
Miami, FL	212.0	42.9	2603.4	233.4	10566.0
Irvine, CA	209.9	42.8	2564.3	416.4	9213.4
Boston, MA	208.1	44.3	3177.1	245.4	8424.2
Houston, TX	207.2	42.0	2251.9	251.4	10387.9
Austin, TX	201.0	40.9	1881.8	327.9	9735.5
Atlanta, GA	199.0	41.3	2015.6	232.4	9524.8
Seattle, WA	197.8	42.8	2559.1	240.7	7904.7
Honolulu, HI	197.4	40.4	1729.5	215.6	10137.5
Richmond, VA	192.5	40.1	1639.9	391.2	8482.1
Washington, DC	191.8	41.2	1974.9	244.5	8206.2
Raleigh, NC	190.3	39.8	1559.5	269.3	8949.1
Chicago, IL	188.7	41.7	2153.4	208.8	7421.6
Brooklyn, NY	185.9	46.2	4084.1	213.4	3737.9
Tampa, FL	184.8	38.0	1101.3	234.6	9661.6
Nashville, TN	184.0	38.5	1220.4	208.5	9240.3
Portland, OR	183.5	39.0	1337.6	282.0	8313.2
San Jose, CA	183.3	38.3	1173.4	209.2	9269.3
Huntsville, AL	182.7	37.4	984.7	378.6	8909.8
Philadelphia, PA	179.8	39.7	1538.3	267.9	7143.0
Jacksonville, FL	176.9	36.5	802.5	271.2	9147.2
Boise, ID	174.1	37.5	1002.7	355.6	7411.0
San Antonio, TX	173.0	36.7	840.0	272.1	8254.4
Orlando, FL	171.6	35.5	632.4	208.7	9312.8
Charlotte, NC	170.4	35.8	687.7	223.0	8721.5
Vancouver, WA	169.6	36.8	856.5	246.3	7715.3
Dallas, TX	168.7	35.3	607.2	218.8	8817.9
Minneapolis, MN	168.0	36.5	794.0	232.3	7768.8
Denver, CO	167.4	35.5	636.4	219.5	8426.0
Ann Arbor, MI	167.3	35.9	694.1	308.1	7650.4
New York, NY	167.2	43.5	2829.5	189.4	3218.2
Pittsburgh, PA	162.7	36.0	709.1	193.6	7421.4
Madison, WI	161.7	34.9	540.6	296.6	7447.8
San Diego, CA	159.6	34.6	499.1	207.1	7790.6
Oakland, CA	159.5	36.5	795.2	218.4	6412.6
Cincinnati, OH	157.7	32.7	289.1	300.0	8216.4
Phoenix, AZ	153.1	32.8	300.4	169.7	8085.0
Salt Lake City, UT	151.9	33.9	409.7	177.3	7141.8
Kansas City, MO	150.0	32.6	278.2	214.1	7410.9
Fort Lauderdale, FL	146.1	30.5	132.4	202.2	8075.8
Cleveland, OH	145.3	32.3	257.3	169.8	7036.5
Charleston, SC	141.9	30.5	133.4	133.5	7803.3
Columbus, OH	140.1	31.2	170.8	210.4	6613.7
Spokane, WA	138.2	29.1	75.2	257.0	7126.1
Milwaukee, WI	136.5	30.3	122.5	164.7	6774.8
Indianapolis, IN	136.0	29.4	84.2	184.0	7035.0
Oklahoma City, OK	133.8	28.9	68.7	202.5	6793.5
Tucson, AZ	133.2	29.4	83.8	185.7	6571.5
Tulsa, OK	131.3	26.8	31.8	273.6	6770.1
Asheville, NC	130.8	27.1	34.3	214.5	6935.0
Memphis, TN	130.2	26.9	32.4	212.8	6901.9
Saint Louis, MO	129.2	28.4	57.1	163.1	6477.8
Knoxville, TN	128.5	26.8	31.4	141.1	7096.9
Fort Worth, TX	127.4	27.3	36.9	134.9	6790.9
Baltimore, MD	126.9	31.7	208.7	127.9	4814.2
Las Vegas, NV	126.4	27.1	35.1	148.5	6578.6
Reno, NV	125.6	26.0	27.2	187.7	6495.1
Anchorage, AK	125.1	25.6	25.9	306.5	5916.2
Buffalo, NY	125.0	26.8	31.7	193.0	6181.8
Fresno, CA	124.9	25.5	25.7	213.3	6349.3
Sacramento, CA	124.5	27.1	34.5	125.7	6456.0
New Orleans, LA	124.3	28.0	47.8	167.1	5850.1
Louisville, KY	124.2	25.5	25.7	193.5	6349.7
Colorado Springs, CO	122.8	26.0	27.1	189.2	6056.1
Rochester, NY	120.1	23.8	23.8	228.9	5829.1
Albuquerque, NM	120.0	25.9	26.6	122.8	6055.1
Omaha, NE	118.1	24.5	24.5	236.5	5366.4