Portland Street & Freeway Lanes
Carry More Volume than Light Rail

Portland Trends Compared to Seattle

Further, the average route mile of the light rail system carries substantially fewer person miles than either a freeway lane or a surface arterial lane (city street).⁽²⁾

• Light rail carries an estimated 10,600 person miles daily per route mile.
  
  

• The average Portland freeway lane carries nearly five times as many person miles, at 54,700.
  
  

• The average Portland surface arterial lane carries more than twice as many person miles, at 21,300.

1. Estimated from US Department of Transportation data. Assumes 1.61 persons per vehicle.