Traffic in United States

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 1,793.25kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 82.37 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 3.83%
Walking 5.45%
Car 81.37%
Bike 2.05%
Motorbike 0.92%
Bus/Trolleybus 3.21%
Tram/Streetcar 0.30%
Train/Metro 2.87%

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 4.31 km
Walking 20.49 min
Waiting 0.99 min
Driving Car 2.43 min
Bike 0.22 min
Motor Bike 0.02 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.79 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.12 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.24 min
Overall 26.36 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 26.94 km
Walking 0.54 min
Waiting 0.01 min
Driving Car 32.31 min
Overall 32.85 min

Average when primarily using Bike

Distance 6.94 km
Walking 0.39 min
Driving Car 0.17 min
Bike 22.96 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.21 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.03 min
Overall 24.31 min

Average when primarily using Motorbike

Distance 73.63 km
Walking 4.80 min
Motor Bike 58.35 min
Overall 63.15 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 20.48 km
Walking 5.82 min
Waiting 7.11 min
Driving Car 0.33 min
Bike 0.13 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 36.24 min
Train/Metro Ride 2.24 min
Overall 52.95 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 22.20 km
Walking 8.13 min
Waiting 5.28 min
Driving Car 0.22 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.03 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.25 min
Train/Metro Ride 34.20 min
Overall 50.47 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 25.25 km
Overall 33.80 min

Contributors: 7080

Last update: November 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

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

By City in United States

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Los Angeles, CA 319.3 57.8 13271.1 692.5 14382.6
San Francisco, CA 262.8 52.1 7872.6 583.1 9580.4
Seattle, WA 223.7 46.5 4247.9 341.7 8742.1
Washington, DC 223.2 46.1 4028.1 363.0 8938.8
Boston, MA 222.3 46.6 4300.5 292.6 8638.8
San Jose, CA 214.3 43.2 2721.9 348.3 10044.1
Miami, FL 213.3 43.1 2657.1 235.6 10679.1
Houston, TX 210.2 42.4 2410.5 268.0 10461.1
Honolulu, HI 199.8 41.1 1959.5 212.9 9963.7
Atlanta, GA 199.1 41.3 2026.4 232.7 9496.9
Pittsburgh, PA 192.9 40.8 1841.8 308.2 8407.1
Chicago, IL 191.9 42.0 2264.1 240.4 7524.4
Nashville, TN 186.8 39.0 1339.4 210.2 9351.8
Philadelphia, PA 186.4 40.7 1813.8 271.7 7507.4
Raleigh, NC 182.4 38.4 1193.8 270.2 8643.8
San Diego, CA 179.6 37.9 1085.8 286.0 8425.7
Tampa, FL 176.9 36.7 844.9 211.2 9321.8
Orlando, FL 176.1 36.3 764.8 209.2 9542.4
Dallas, TX 175.9 36.6 814.4 240.0 9079.9
Denver, CO 174.8 36.8 856.3 238.1 8712.3
Charlotte, NC 174.8 36.7 831.5 228.5 8872.0
Austin, TX 172.8 36.3 770.9 244.7 8659.3
Jacksonville, FL 172.0 35.4 610.0 238.6 9315.5
Minneapolis, MN 169.7 37.0 886.3 243.9 7637.3
New York, NY 167.9 43.6 2884.5 191.6 3213.7
Portland, OR 167.3 36.2 740.6 264.3 7690.9
Salt Lake City, UT 163.1 36.0 711.1 218.7 7343.5
Phoenix, AZ 159.3 33.9 416.1 211.4 8185.5
San Antonio, TX 158.2 34.0 428.6 240.8 7738.4
Kansas City, MO 157.8 33.2 338.9 246.4 8185.6
Albuquerque, NM 157.7 33.6 377.4 322.0 7525.5
Indianapolis, IN 144.7 30.9 157.6 226.8 7425.5
Columbus, OH 143.9 31.5 193.0 213.0 7039.0
Sacramento, CA 137.3 29.9 107.1 230.1 6704.8
Tucson, AZ 136.8 30.0 111.1 218.6 6636.2
Saint Louis, MO 126.5 27.1 34.3 158.1 6568.4
Las Vegas, NV 126.4 27.0 33.5 143.3 6663.0
Colorado Springs, CO 122.8 26.0 27.1 189.2 6056.1
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