Traffic in United States

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 1,813.01kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 83.28 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 3.80%
Walking 5.41%
Car 81.35%
Bike 2.08%
Motorbike 1.06%
Bus/Trolleybus 3.17%
Tram/Streetcar 0.29%
Train/Metro 2.82%

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 4.24 km
Walking 20.54 min
Waiting 0.96 min
Driving Car 2.48 min
Bike 0.22 min
Motor Bike 0.02 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.75 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.12 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.19 min
Overall 26.34 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 27.27 km
Walking 0.56 min
Waiting 0.00 min
Driving Car 32.58 min
Overall 33.14 min

Average when primarily using Bike

Distance 6.71 km
Walking 0.38 min
Bike 22.17 min
Overall 23.08 min

Average when primarily using Motorbike

Distance 82.33 km
Walking 5.39 min
Motor Bike 66.45 min
Overall 71.84 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 21.75 km
Walking 5.98 min
Waiting 7.19 min
Driving Car 0.07 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 36.58 min
Train/Metro Ride 2.38 min
Overall 53.61 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 22.17 km
Walking 8.10 min
Waiting 5.28 min
Driving Car 0.22 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.04 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.25 min
Train/Metro Ride 34.19 min
Overall 50.45 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 25.73 km
Overall 34.16 min

Contributors: 7164

Last update: March 2024

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 318.3 57.6 13060.3 693.0 14419.5
San Francisco, CA 266.0 52.3 8091.7 595.5 9857.6
Seattle, WA 225.2 46.9 4430.8 342.4 8693.8
Boston, MA 223.9 46.6 4277.3 294.1 8980.9
Washington, DC 222.9 45.9 3944.0 363.6 9040.1
Miami, FL 212.3 42.9 2590.7 235.6 10644.2
San Jose, CA 211.8 42.8 2561.0 344.7 9967.8
Houston, TX 210.6 42.5 2433.6 268.5 10473.5
Honolulu, HI 205.0 41.7 2137.4 219.4 10467.6
Atlanta, GA 202.5 41.9 2214.2 248.5 9557.2
Chicago, IL 197.2 42.8 2533.2 243.6 7829.8
Nashville, TN 186.8 39.0 1339.4 210.2 9351.8
Austin, TX 185.2 38.3 1165.7 293.2 9155.5
Philadelphia, PA 184.6 40.4 1733.1 272.3 7400.1
Dallas, TX 181.5 37.4 967.1 276.6 9297.4
Raleigh, NC 179.4 37.9 1078.5 268.3 8516.7
San Diego, CA 179.0 37.9 1072.2 285.9 8374.6
Orlando, FL 178.1 36.6 823.7 215.7 9630.4
Tampa, FL 176.9 36.7 844.9 211.2 9321.8
Charlotte, NC 174.7 36.6 826.4 227.3 8879.1
Denver, CO 173.7 36.6 822.8 237.4 8654.3
Jacksonville, FL 168.7 34.8 523.4 236.3 9158.0
Minneapolis, MN 167.9 36.6 819.9 241.8 7592.3
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
Indianapolis, IN 165.3 35.0 554.8 318.5 7906.1
Salt Lake City, UT 160.9 35.4 614.9 215.5 7396.7
Boise, ID 160.2 33.5 369.6 415.9 7582.1
Phoenix, AZ 160.2 33.9 419.8 212.0 8314.5
Albuquerque, NM 156.6 33.2 335.0 325.2 7579.3
San Antonio, TX 155.5 33.5 372.2 238.9 7611.6
Kansas City, MO 153.3 32.4 259.2 241.6 7981.4
Sacramento, CA 146.6 31.6 201.6 272.8 7107.0
Columbus, OH 141.7 31.1 165.2 211.3 6929.0
Tucson, AZ 136.8 30.0 111.1 218.6 6636.2
Las Vegas, NV 128.4 27.7 42.5 151.1 6708.3
Saint Louis, MO 126.5 27.1 34.3 158.1 6568.4
Colorado Springs, CO 122.8 26.0 27.1 189.2 6056.1
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