![]() ![]() Cape Coral-Ft Myers also rode the index’s bicycle and pedestrian travel per capita metrics to a high ranking at No. 2 overall, thanks to the strength of residents’ biking activity (No. There were three Florida metros in the top 10, and five in the top 25. The New York metro area held the top spot for the second year in a row. This indicates a core group of riders - many of whom most likely are essential workers who can’t work from home - continue to use and remain reliant on transit. (Note: While Metro’s ridership has no doubt declined significantly since the pandemic began, it leveled off in July and has held steady since. 30 - despite the brutal toll the pandemic took on Metro ridership last year. So did the metro’s transit ranking - moving from No. 81 - but biking and pedestrian activity increased as well. The Houston metro’s overall improvement was mostly due to an improved ranking for VMT - from second worst in 2019 to No. The rankings for the Houston metro area in 20: Here are the 20 Transportation Climate Impact Index rankings for large Texas metros: Texas metros (The state leads the nation in the total amount of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion, producing 245 million metric tons from transportation, 349 million metric tons from industrial and 201 million metric tons from electrical power plants in 2018.) In 2019, commuters in Texas had the worst impact on the climate of all states. San Diego had the largest jump of all, from the seventh worst to the eighth best. Other Sun Belt metros made big moves in the rankings as well. Dallas gained a modest amount of ground, moving to No. 98, 99 and 100, respectively, according to the 2019 Transportation Climate Impact Index. Houston, Phoenix and Dallas - big, sprawling Sun Belt metros - were ranked the three worst metros in the nation at Nos. VMT, the most important factor in the index, was weighted much heavier than the other five. Each of the factors was weighted relative to its impact on transportation greenhouse gas emissions. Using location-based services data from mobile phones, Streetlight Data ranked the 100 most populous metropolitan areas on six factors: vehicle miles traveled (VMT), biking and walking, transit ridership, density and circuity (the difference between an actual route taken and a straight line between A and B). Transportation Climate Impact Index, the ranking of the “greenest” or most climate-friendly metropolitan areas in terms of transportation in 2020 looked a lot different compared to 2019. was another thing upended in 2020.Īccording to the U.S. Because of this and the reduction in vehicles miles traveled (VMT), the ranking of “greenest cities” in the U.S. While Americans spent less time in their car or commuting, they spent a lot more time exploring their neighborhoods and cities on bikes and on foot. Transportation is the number one cause of carbon emissions in the United States (28%), and vehicles driven in cities and suburbs account for the largest share of those emissions, which include automobiles and airplane flights. Who would’ve thought they’d see the day Boise had worse congestion than Houston? It was that strange of a year. ![]() Houston saw 33% less traffic and the congestion level dropped from 24% to 16% last year. Congestion levels fell as well, from 2% to as much as 15%. ![]() cities experienced less traffic in 2020 - from 10% to as much as 47% less. For many reasons, including working from home, pandemic-related job losses, stay-at-home orders, remote learning and efforts to limit travel to essential trips, Americans drove far less than normal.Ĭompared to 2019, all 80 of the largest U.S. The pandemic upended every aspect of American life in 2020, from how and where we work and go to school, to how and where we spend our free time and socially interact with friends and family. ![]()
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