- In an average week, all vehicle miles traveled in the metro area total more than three times the distance to the sun, 93 million miles away.
(Metropolitan Council) - Every gallon of gasoline we burn produces about 19 pounds of carbon dioxide. The average car traveling around 12,000 miles per year emits 5.2 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
(Environmental Protection Agency) - Metro area commuters waste an average of 43 hours a year stuck in traffic congestion.
(Metropolitan Council, Texas Transportation Institute) - MN/DOT predicts that the number of miles of congested roadways will increase from 183 in 2000 to 491 in 2025.
- In 1990, 30 percent of the region’s freeway lanes were congested during peak periods; by 2000, the figure had grown to 60 percent.
(Metropolitan Council 2003 Survey) - No. 1 - In a survey of metro area residents, traffic congestion ranked as the top concern, above crime, education, and housing.
(Metropolitan Council Survey) - By 2030, the metro area is expected to add nearly 1 million residents and 560,000 jobs, generating 4 million more daily trips, a 37 percent increase.
(Metropolitan Council) - Since 1995, mass transit ridership has grown by 20 percent.
(American Public Transportation Association) - It is estimated that the average person going to work in the Twin Cities wasted 54 hours in congestion in 2000. This contributed to a per commuter loss of $1,000 in time and fuel, which equates to $1.2 million for the region.
(Minnesota Department of Transportation) - By 1999, U.S. public transit systems were carrying more than 9 billion trips, representing the highest level of ridership in nearly 40 years.
(American Public Transportation Association) - Of the total mass transit growth, major rail transit modes totaled nearly 5.5 billion passenger miles or approximately 84 percent of the total.
(American Public Transportation Association) - In the past 20 years alone, the number of vehicle-miles traveled (all vehicles on all trips) on the region’s freeways has increased 127 percent. Congestion is worsening at a faster rate than in the past. VMT is expected to increase faster (+38 percent) than the population (+28 percent) over the next 25 years.
(Metropolitan Council) - The average American consumes more than 500 gallons of gasoline each year. At $3.50 a gallon, that’s an average of $1,750 each year.
(Energy Information Administration)
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