Journey to Work Travel Times:
International Urban Areas (In Minutes)

Area All Automobile Public Transport Year
UNITED STATES 20.7     1995
Metropolitan Median 24.8 23.4 39.2 1990
Atlanta 27.0 26.0 40.7 1990
Baltimore 24.8 23.9 37.8 1990
Boston 27.3 26.2 40.4 1990
Buffalo 19.5 19.2 32.3 1990
Chicago 28.8 26.0 46.4 1990
Cincinnati 22.8 22.2 34.4 1990
Cleveland 23.2 22.4 38.1 1990
Denver 23.3 22.4 38.8 1990
Detroit 24.0 23.7 39.6 1990
Dallas-Fort Worth 24.9 24.5 40.4 1990
Honolulu 24.9 23.3 39.2 1990
Houston 26.2 25.5 44.0 1990
Los Angeles 26.4 25.6 41.5 1990
Milwaukee 22.0 21.4 36.4 1990
Minneapolis-St. Paul 21.7 20.9 32.1 1990
New Orleans 25.4 23.8 36.9 1990
New York 30.0 24.8 47.4 1990
Pittsburgh 22.9 22.0 34.9 1990
Philadelphia 24.5 23.1 39.3 1990
Portland 25.6 23.4 34.0 1990
Sacramento 23.7 23.2 39.1 1990
Seattle 24.6 23.4 42.6 1990
San Francisco 26.2 24.2 41.5 1990
St. Louis 24.0 23.0 38.6 1990
Washington 28.8 27.0 41.2 1990
         
CANADA        
Toronto 25.3     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
         
WESTERN EUROPE   19.0 38.0 Gerondeau, 1997
         
FRANCE   18.0   Gerondeau, 1997
Paris 35.0 27.0 53.0 Gerondeau, 1997
         
GERMANY   25.0   Gerondeau, 1997
Frankfurt 27.7     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Hamburg 30.8     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Munich 25.0     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
         
         
GREAT BRITAIN 24.0 17.0   1996
Birmingham 26.0     1999
Leeds 23.0     1999
Liverpool 23.0     1999
London: Central 55.0     Gerondeau, 1997
London: Greater 42.0     1999
London: Inner Except Central 41.0     Gerondeau, 1997
London: Outer 29.0     Gerondeau, 1997
Manchester 25.0     1999
Newcastle 24.0     1999
Sheffield 23.0     1999
Other England and Wales 21.0     1996
Southeast Excluding London 22.0     1996
Scotland 22.0     1996
         
ITALY   17.0    
         
OTHER WESTERN EUROPE        
Amsterdam 27.9     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Brussels 22.1     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Copenhagen 28.8     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Stockholm 32.2     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Vienna 28.0     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Zurich 20.4     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
         
JAPAN 27.3     1993
Tokyo-Yokohama 46.4     1993
Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe 39.6     1993
Nagoya 26.3     1993
         
OTHER ASIA        
Bangkok 30.7     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Beijing 28.9     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Hong Kong 44.0     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Jakarta 22.3     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Kuala Lampur 27.2     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Manila 40.0     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Seoul 41.2     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Singapore 33.1     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Surabaja 20.5     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
         
AUSTRALIA        
Perth 22.5     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Sydney 30.3     Kenworthy et al, 1990/1991
Sources: US Census Bureau, US Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, UK Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions, Housing Survey of Japan, Christian Gerondeau, Transport in Europe, Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube, et al, "An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities: 1960-1990."

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