Time lost in one year by an average traveler is an excellent measure of road congestion. The Urban Mobility Report measures average daily delays on key arterial roads during prime commuting hours. The data are compiled by the Texas Transportation Institute. The index on “travel time” is the difference between the time on a “normal”... More
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Travel Time Index
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Traffic Delay
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Travel Time Index Trend
Transportation
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Traffic Delay
Time lost in one year by an average traveler is an excellent measure of road congestion. The Urban Mobility Report measures average daily delays on key arterial roads during prime commuting hours. The data are compiled by the Texas Transportation Institute. The index on “travel time” is the difference between the time on a “normal”... More
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Unlinked Passenger Trips per Capita
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Transit Usage
This indicator measures mass transit by calculating a ratio between trips and the resident population of the service area. The chart below shows the number of unlinked passenger trips per capita in 2014 for each benchmark region. Unlinked passenger trips is the number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time... More
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Unlinked Passenger Trips Trend
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Transit Usage
This indicator measures mass transit by calculating a ratio between trips and the resident population of the service area. Western regions like Portland and Seattle are included because their systems’ sizes are comparable to Pittsburgh’s. Their developmental histories differ from the majority of regions against which Pittsburgh is usually benchmarked. The chart below shows the... More
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Quality of Roads
Transportation
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Road Quality & Costs
Pavement condition data are derived from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) annual survey of state and locally maintained roads and highways, based on a uniform pavement rating index. While Pittsburgh roads have improved in the last few years among our benchmark regions, almost half of our roads remain in mediocre or poor condition. More
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Additional Vehicle Operating Costs
Transportation
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Road Quality & Costs
A measure of the overall efficiency of a metropolitan transportation system is the estimated annual cost of operating motor vehicles that can be attributed to the condition of the roads. Wear and tear from poor road surfaces, traffic delay and weather are relevant factors in the assessment. More
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Barge Traffic
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data about lock traffic is a good measure of lock activity, but is not as reliable or timely as a measure of actual tonnage; it’s reported only after a delay... More
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River Tonnage
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data in this instance are a port-to-port tonnage measurement and are reported annually here and elsewhere with a time lag between data gathering and publication delay of 1 1/2 to... More
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River Tonnage Trend
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River Tonnage & Barge Traffic
Traffic data for the Port of Pittsburgh comes from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and its Lock Performance Monitoring System. Data in this instance are a port-to-port tonnage measurement and are reported annually here and elsewhere with a time lag between data gathering and publication delay of 1 1/2 to... More