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. 2017 Jul 27;8:30–37. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.07.002

Table 2.

Impact of weather factors on hourly trip counts in the San Francisco Bay area.

Weekday
Weekend
Season Variable All trips All weekday Commute Transit (commute) Non-commute
All Temperature (°C) 1.011 * 1.009 * 1.008 * 1.011 * 1.009 * 1.016 *
Humidity (%) 0.993 * 0.994 * 0.994 * 0.99 * 0.994 * 0.989 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.007 * 1.004 * 1.009 * 1.003 * 1.022 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.978 * 0.954 0.942 *
Snow
Thunder 1.868 * 1.707 *
Cloud cover 1.224 * 1.214 * 1.225 * 1.565 * 1.200 * 1.157 *
Heavy cloud cover 1.023 1.023
Fog 1.473 * 1.317 * 1.611 * 2.651 * 1.165 1.770 *
Winter Temperature (°C) 1.005 * 1.004 * 1.005 * 1.005 *
Humidity (%) 0.993 * 0.995 * 0.997 * 0.994 * 0.994 * 0.988 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.007 * 1.005 * 1.008 * 1.015 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.975 * 0.979 0.945
Snow
Thunder 1.842 * 1.540
Cloud cover 1.191 * 1.245 * 1.240 * 1.774 * 1.242 *
Heavy cloud cover 1.077 * 1.252 *
Fog 1.505 * 1.357 * 1.565 * 2.757 * 1.818 *
Spring Temperature (°C) 1.062 * 1.043 * 1.042 * 1.107 * 1.045 * 1.095 *
Humidity (%) 0.998 * 0.997 * 0.996 * 0.997 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.014 * 1.009 * 1.013 * 1.008 * 1.026 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.733
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.283 * 1.265 * 1.301 * 1.411 * 1.240 * 1.197 *
Heavy cloud cover 0.958 0.924
Fog
Summer Temperature (°C) 1.025 * 1.021 1.034 1.051 *
Humidity (%) 0.995
Wind speed (km/h) 1.016 * 1.011 * 1.018 * 1.031 1.010 * 1.027 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.004
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.151 * 1.104 1.208 * 1.156
Heavy cloud cover
Fog
Autumn Temperature (°C) 1.033 * 1.032 * 1.051 * 1.062 * 1.026 * 1.037 *
Humidity (%) 0.997 * 0.995 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.003 * 1.018 * 1.025 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.920 *
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.214 * 1.162 * 1.141 * 1.358 1.164 * 1.305 *
Heavy cloud cover 1.064 * 1.106 * 1.055 * 0.928 *
Fog 1.303 * 1.363

Note: Coefficients indicated with no asterisk are significant at α = 0.05 and coefficients indicated with an asterisk (*) are significant at α = 0.01. Variables corresponding to all insignificant coefficients were omitted during the model estimation process.