Traffic in United States

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We estimate that in this country, due to travelling to work/school, per passenger is produced yearly 1,759.51kg of CO₂. It is needed 80.82 trees for each passenger to produce enough oxygen to cover that. Formulas used for this estimation

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home	3.56%
Walking	5.46%
Car	81.91%
Bike	2.04%
Motorbike	0.39%
Bus/Trolleybus	3.22%
Tram/Streetcar	0.31%
Train/Metro	3.11%

Average when primary using Walking

Distance	4.50 km
Walking	20.14 min
Waiting	1.09 min
Driving Car	2.45 min
Bike	0.23 min
Motor Bike	0.02 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	0.79 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	0.14 min
Train/Metro Ride	1.38 min
Overall	26.29 min

Average when primary using Car

Distance	26.14 km
Walking	0.43 min
Waiting	0.01 min
Driving Car	31.87 min
Overall	32.31 min

Average when primary using Bike

Distance	7.21 km
Walking	0.44 min
Driving Car	0.20 min
Bike	23.70 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	0.24 min
Train/Metro Ride	0.04 min
Overall	25.26 min

Average when primary using Motorbike

Distance	24.32 km
Walking	0.58 min
Motor Bike	27.50 min
Overall	28.08 min

Average when primary using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance	18.10 km
Walking	5.75 min
Waiting	7.04 min
Driving Car	0.38 min
Bike	0.15 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	36.08 min
Train/Metro Ride	1.77 min
Overall	51.92 min

Average when primary using Tram/Streetcar

Distance	14.16 km
Walking	6.11 min
Waiting	7.21 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	28.00 min
Overall	43.16 min

Average when primary using Train/Metro

Distance	20.53 km
Walking	7.95 min
Waiting	5.26 min
Driving Car	0.23 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride	0.89 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride	0.03 min
Train/Metro Ride	33.87 min
Overall	49.55 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance	23.99 km
Overall	33.01 min

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Last update: June 2020

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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	344.19	61.08	17164.75	806.53	15301.27
San Francisco, CA	261.99	51.96	7801.96	588.08	9496.25
Detroit, MI	237.32	46.45	4209.82	358.09	11462.30
Miami, FL	217.56	43.63	2880.66	242.22	10959.94
Boston, MA	209.21	44.91	3442.63	235.36	8151.80
Atlanta, GA	204.80	42.26	2347.77	239.38	9724.23
Houston, TX	204.34	41.52	2088.57	241.44	10317.48
Honolulu, HI	202.12	41.19	1978.10	218.08	10340.90
Washington, DC	192.86	41.24	1994.46	242.96	8349.27
Seattle, WA	192.17	41.92	2226.43	248.56	7620.00
Chicago, IL	190.83	41.96	2239.56	216.09	7542.44
Nashville, TN	185.78	38.75	1281.05	210.95	9354.04
San Jose, CA	182.72	38.11	1128.69	210.60	9313.12
Philadelphia, PA	181.19	39.40	1447.90	271.61	7613.36
Orlando, FL	181.10	37.18	929.82	213.95	9762.92
Pittsburgh, PA	175.26	38.06	1117.85	209.50	7974.06
Jacksonville, FL	174.64	35.82	683.53	238.48	9453.23
Denver, CO	173.49	36.65	828.78	228.50	8635.80
Tampa, FL	173.19	35.84	686.12	203.57	9387.38
Minneapolis, MN	170.33	37.20	935.20	214.90	7724.63
Charlotte, NC	167.24	35.19	585.17	210.81	8712.75
Dallas, TX	166.05	34.99	556.58	201.50	8699.17
Oakland, CA	164.98	37.69	1036.51	226.80	6406.41
New York, NY	163.22	43.31	2751.35	190.74	2877.68
Austin, TX	161.56	34.29	462.61	218.89	8274.38
Salt Lake City, UT	157.82	35.05	564.26	188.74	7273.64
San Diego, CA	156.23	33.80	403.09	204.88	7750.72
Cleveland, OH	153.49	33.74	396.31	177.93	7483.41
Raleigh, NC	150.65	32.41	263.99	162.00	7968.35
Phoenix, AZ	147.29	31.84	218.35	162.06	7734.07
Portland, OR	147.01	32.99	316.68	159.48	6988.99
Charleston, SC	146.19	31.36	184.12	138.10	8012.64
San Antonio, TX	138.38	30.94	157.67	168.56	6708.25
Milwaukee, WI	133.92	29.22	79.39	161.74	6901.26
Indianapolis, IN	133.23	28.90	69.47	179.47	6821.14
Anchorage, AK	133.13	27.64	41.64	329.16	6543.60
Tucson, AZ	130.93	29.24	79.95	134.33	6586.74
Saint Louis, MO	128.10	27.52	39.91	162.31	6644.95
Las Vegas, NV	127.97	27.44	38.73	147.99	6746.46
Kansas City, MO	126.14	26.29	28.27	121.20	6976.80
Sacramento, CA	123.68	26.44	29.14	125.37	6503.52
Baltimore, MD	122.33	31.14	169.83	125.17	4484.69
Columbus, OH	121.85	26.13	27.53	109.71	6400.52
Colorado Springs, CO	120.80	25.59	25.84	194.71	5801.68
Cincinnati, OH	120.35	24.89	24.89	105.45	6431.50
Fort Worth, TX	119.84	25.19	25.20	124.39	6157.77
Albuquerque, NM	117.68	25.56	25.77	118.14	5802.12
Memphis, TN	117.55	23.35	23.35	113.06	6199.85
Spokane, WA	114.26	23.73	23.73	105.34	5684.86
Madison, WI	110.05	23.73	23.73	115.55	4997.85
Boise, ID	102.76	20.44	20.44	80.37	4738.12

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Index
Traffic Index:	152.16
Time Index (in minutes):	33.01
Time Exp. Index:	319.44
Inefficiency Index:	244.76
CO₂ Emission Index:	7,331.29