This post is about data regarding things like average commute time, walkability of cities and public transportation.
Average Commute Time (Bestplaces.net)
LA: 32 mins
Chicago: 38 mins Ugh!
Philadelphia: 34 mins
Columbus: 23 mins
DC: 33 mins
Denver: 28 mins
Portland: 26 mins
Raleigh: 23 mins
Cleveland: 27 mins
Des Moines: 20 mins Two smallest cities have shortest average commute times.
Asheville: 20 mins Two smallest cities have shortest average commute times.
Walkability (Walkscore.com) City-wide score out of 100, its rank, and three most walkable neighborhoods in the city with rank, score, population. Seems to rank the city itself; suburbs are ranked separately.
LA: 66 City-wide (#13) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 92 | ||
| 2 | 90 | ||
| 3 | 89 | 47,150 |
| 6 | 87 | ||
| 7 | 86 | 30,422 Where my friends live |
Chicago: 74 (#4) Very walkable
| 1 | 99 | ||
| 2 | 97 | ||
| 3 | 97 | 6,273 |
Philadelphia: 74 (#5) Very walkable
| 1 | 97 | ||
| 2 | 97 | ||
| 3 | 93 | 25,095 |
Columbus: 47 (#29) Car-dependent
| 1 | 86 | ||
| 2 | 85 | ||
| 3 | 85 | 2,682 |
DC: 73 (#7) Very walkable
| 1 | 98 | ||
| 2 | 97 | ||
| 3 | 96 | 4,181 |
Denver: 60 (#16) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 96 | ||
| 2 | 91 | ||
| 3 | 90 | 14,662 |
Portland: 66 (#12) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 96 | ||
| 2 | 95 | ||
| 3 | 95 | 6,053 |
Raleigh: 41 (#36) Car-dependent
| 1 | 75 | 6431 | |
| 2 | 71 | ||
| 3 | 69 | 3,111 |
Cleveland: 58 (#17) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 88 | ||
| 2 | 77 | ||
| 3 | 76 | 9,102 |
Des Moines: 50 (not ranked) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 91 | ||
| 2 | 87 | ||
| 3 | 84 | 1,296 |
Asheville: 50 (not ranked) Somewhat walkable
| 1 | 69 | 14,723 Only neighborhood ranked. |
Public Transport (Brookings Institute 2011 Study): Share of riders who live by transport, median wait for next bus/subway, share of jobs reachable by transit in 90 minutes, rank out of 100 cities. Note these numbers cover very large metro areas, far further away from a city center than I'd probably live. Presumably, the public transportation improves the closer one gets to downtown.
LA: 96%, 6.2 mins, 26%, rank 24 Almost everyone in LA lives near public transportation.
Chicago: 79%, 7.2 mins, 24%, rank 46
Philadelphia: 77%, 9.8 mins, 24%, rank 49
Columbus: 56%, 11.4 mins, 34%, rank 45
DC: 82%, 6.6 mins, 37%, rank 17
Denver: 84%, 8.1 mins, 47% , rank 6 The Brookings Institute thinks Denver has the best system of any city on my list.
Portland: 83%, 7.4 mins, 40%, rank 12
Raleigh: 46%, 13.9 mins, 30%, rank 65 Less than half of Raleigh's citizens live near public transportation. And who wants to wait 14 minutes for the bus? :(
Cleveland: 66%, 9.5 mins, 29%, rank 41
Des Moines: 62%, 12.7 mins, 41%, rank 22
Asheville: Not assessed in the study.
Observation: Across all cities, there's a large disparity between the percent of homes that are near public transportation and the percent of jobs that are near public transportation. Obviously, that affects peoples' ability to commute to work using public transportation.
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