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

Table 4.

Impact of weather factors on trip duration in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Weekday
Weekend
Season Variable All trips All weekday Commute Transit (commute) Non-commute
All Temperature (°C) 1.002 * 1.001 * 1.001 * 1.002 * 1.001
Humidity (%) 1.000 * 1.000 * 1.000 * 0.999 *
Wind speed (km/h)
Precipitation (mm/h)
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.015 *
Heavy cloud cover 0.988 * 0.990 * 0.983 * 0.990 * 1.014
Fog 1.100 * 1.097 * 1.097 * 1.134 * 1.070
Winter Temperature (°C) 1.001 * 1.001
Humidity (%) 0.999 * 0.999 * 0.999 0.999 * 0.999 * 0.999 *
Wind Speed (km/h)
Precipitation (mm/h)
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.035 * 1.025 * 1.029 *
Heavy cloud cover 0.986 * 0.987 0.972
Fog 1.105 * 1.09 * 1.089 1.147 * 1.104 *
Spring Temperature (°C) 1.010 * 1.004 * 1.007
Humidity (%) 1.001 * 1.001 1.001
Wind speed (km/h)
Precipitation (mm/h)
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.021
Heavy cloud cover 0.980 *
Fog
Summer Temperature (°C) 0.991 *
Humidity (%) 0.997 * 0.998
Wind speed (km/h) 1.003 * 1.003 * 1.004 * 1.003 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 2.239
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.054 * 1.035 1.064 1.041
Heavy cloud cover 0.984 0.955 1.048 *
Fog
Autumn Temperature (°C)
Humidity (%) 0.999 * 1.000
Wind speed (km/h) 1.001 * 1.001 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 1.003
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 0.998
Heavy cloud cover 0.985 * 0.986 1.027 *
Fog 1.089

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.