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. 2023 Jan 11;18(1):e0279738. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279738

Table 3. Summary of 2018 transportation conditions for 15 metro areas, and changes when 25% of transit riders and carpools switch to single occupancy vehicles.

The range shows one standard deviation of the predictions. M denotes millions, and B denotes billions. See S3 Table for all 74 modeled metro areas.

transportation conditions in 2018 prediction for 25% shift
total commuters (M) passenger vehicles (M) transit riders (M) & (% of total commuters) one-way travel time (min) passenger vehicles (M) one-way added time (min) added $ cost per person per year total added $ cost per year (B)
New York 8.72 5.16 3.0(34.43%) 31.00 6.05 6.7±2.2 1065.0±357.0 9.41±3.16
San Francisco 2.14 1.49 0.42(19.56%) 34.30 1.65 10.0±1.8 1601.0±280.0 3.86±0.68
Los Angeles 5.92 5.13 0.31(5.24%) 31.60 5.32 1.4±0.5 220.0±76.0 1.71±0.59
Boston 2.30 1.79 0.34(14.90%) 31.70 1.92 3.0±0.8 470.0±128.0 1.32±0.36
Chicago 4.32 3.46 0.57(13.19%) 30.10 3.68 1.4±0.6 216.0±88.0 1.16±0.47
Philadelphia 2.71 2.25 0.29(10.78%) 28.80 2.36 1.8±0.4 291.0±69.0 1.0±0.24
Seattle 1.84 1.46 0.22(11.95%) 30.60 1.55 2.6±0.5 422.0±77.0 0.96±0.17
Houston 3.10 2.81 0.06(2.09%) 30.40 2.88 0.5±0.6 87.0±99.0 0.36±0.42
Dallas 3.49 3.20 0.05(1.42%) 28.80 3.27 0.4±0.4 60.0±63.0 0.28±0.3
San Jose 0.95 0.82 0.04(4.26%) 33.00 0.85 2.2±1.4 344.0±231.0 0.43±0.29
Atlanta 2.68 2.39 0.09(3.27%) 32.40 2.46 0.7±0.5 107.0±81.0 0.38±0.29
Miami 2.77 2.44 0.09(3.38%) 29.90 2.53 0.9±0.5 149.0±84.0 0.55±0.31
Portland 1.12 0.95 0.08(6.92%) 27.00 0.99 1.2±0.4 195.0±71.0 0.28±0.1
Riverside 1.86 1.69 0.02(1.33%) 27.80 1.73 0.5±0.4 80.0±72.0 0.2±0.18
Orlando 1.17 1.06 0.02(1.43%) 29.90 1.09 0.5±0.7 84.0±111.0 0.13±0.18