US Metropolitan Area Journey to Work Time:
Transit & Other: 2000

Metropolitan Area Mean Travel Time Travel Time: Not Public Transit Travel Time: Public Transit Transit Time Compared to Other
Atlanta, GA MSA 31.2 30.5 50.3 1.65
Austin--San Marcos, TX MSA 25.5 25.2 37.9 1.50
Boston--Worcester--Lawrence, MA--NH--ME--CT CMSA 27.8 26.1 43.8 1.68
Buffalo--Niagara Falls, NY MSA 21.1 20.5 36.2 1.76
Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill, NC--SC MSA 26.1 25.9 44.1 1.71
Chicago--Gary--Kenosha, IL--IN--WI CMSA 31.0 28.5 49.7 1.75
Cincinnati--Hamilton, OH--KY--IN CMSA 24.3 23.9 38.4 1.61
Cleveland--Akron, OH CMSA 24.0 23.3 42.9 1.84
Columbus, OH MSA 23.2 22.9 35.6 1.56
Dallas--Fort Worth, TX CMSA 27.5 27.1 48.7 1.80
Denver--Boulder--Greeley, CO CMSA 25.9 25.1 42.7 1.70
Detroit--Ann Arbor--Flint, MI CMSA 26.1 25.7 46.0 1.79
Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland, MI MSA 20.7 20.6 32.2 1.56
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point, NC MSA 22.4 22.2 36.8 1.66
Hartford, CT MSA 22.9 22.5 37.7 1.67
Houston--Galveston--Brazoria, TX CMSA 28.8 28.0 50.4 1.80
Indianapolis, IN MSA 23.8 23.6 40.6 1.72
Jacksonville, FL MSA 26.6 26.3 47.2 1.80
Kansas City, MO--KS MSA 22.9 22.7 38.6 1.70
Las Vegas, NV--AZ MSA 24.1 22.9 51.3 2.24
Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA 29.1 28.0 50.0 1.79
Louisville, KY--IN MSA 22.7 22.4 37.4 1.67
Memphis, TN--AR--MS MSA 24.5 24.2 44.9 1.86
Miami--Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 28.9 28.0 50.2 1.79
Milwaukee--Racine, WI CMSA 22.1 21.3 39.9 1.87
Minneapolis--St. Paul, MN--WI MSA 23.7 23.0 36.2 1.57
Nashville, TN MSA 25.8 25.6 41.2 1.61
New Orleans, LA MSA 26.7 25.7 43.6 1.70
New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA CMSA 34.0 27.8 52.2 1.88
Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport News, VA--NC MSA 24.1 23.8 43.5 1.83
Oklahoma City, OK MSA 22.0 21.9 31.4 1.43
Orlando, FL MSA 27.0 26.6 48.2 1.82
Philadelphia--Wilmington--Atlantic City, PA--NJ--DE--MD CMSA 27.9 25.9 47.4 1.83
Phoenix--Mesa, AZ MSA 26.1 25.7 45.3 1.76
Pittsburgh, PA MSA 25.3 24.4 38.8 1.59
Portland--Salem, OR--WA CMSA 24.4 23.3 40.7 1.75
Providence--Fall River--Warwick, RI--MA MSA 23.2 22.6 47.0 2.08
Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill, NC MSA 24.9 24.7 33.0 1.34
Rochester, NY MSA 21.1 20.8 37.0 1.78
Sacramento--Yolo, CA CMSA 25.6 25.1 42.5 1.69
Salt Lake City--Ogden, UT MSA 22.4 21.7 42.4 1.95
San Antonio, TX MSA 24.5 23.9 44.3 1.85
San Diego, CA MSA 25.3 24.4 50.5 2.07
San Francisco--Oakland--San Jose, CA CMSA 29.3 27.5 46.0 1.67
Seattle--Tacoma--Bremerton, WA CMSA 27.7 26.4 44.8 1.70
St. Louis, MO--IL MSA 25.5 25.0 44.3 1.77
Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater, FL MSA 25.6 25.4 41.1 1.62
Washington--Baltimore, DC--MD--VA--WV CMSA 31.7 30.0 47.1 1.57
West Palm Beach--Boca Raton, FL MSA 25.7 25.4 45.6 1.79
Average 25.6 24.8 43.0 1.74
Source: Calculated from US Census Bureau data
Metropolitan Areas over 1,000,000

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