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Traffic | vehicles per day12,766 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 7.8% |
Average travel time | 34.5 min |
Congestion ratio | 27.4% |
Drivers’ average age | 43.2 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $111,276 |
A typical monitored road in California sees 12,766 vehicles per day, while its 66,735 miles of monitored roads together handle 927,539,301 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈339 billion per year). About 1 in 13 vehicles is a truck, fewer than the 1 in 11 across the US.
California's average daily traffic volume is 83% higher than the national average - 12,766 vehicles per day against 6,986 - suggesting more traffic load per road - prime passing trade for storefronts, with more competition for road space. Network-wide, California accounts for about 12% of the national total of vehicle-miles. California stands out as having the highest traffic volume nationwide - 12,766 vehicles per day.
At 34.5 minutes, the average travel time matches the national level closely. 83% of states nationwide have a shorter average travel time than California's 34.5 minutes.
Congestion runs 45% higher than the national level, at a ratio of 27.4%, which means more pronounced congestion - a factor for delivery windows and signal timing.
| Traffic | vehicles per day37,794 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 10.4% |
| Average travel time | 41.0 min |
| Congestion ratio | 62.6% |
| Drivers’ average age | 43.2 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $111,892 |
Travel in California splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (54% of vehicle-miles) on highways. The average highway carries 37,794 vehicles per day, 224% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 11,652 vehicles per day.
With 21% of the road miles (14,127 miles in 62,075 segments), highways punch above their length, carrying 498,012,863 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈182 billion per year).
By highway travel volume, California ranks first nationwide.
Highway truck concentration here runs 21% lower than the national average, at 10.4%. Trucks are a small share of a very large highway flow, so California still moves heavy freight volumes alongside its passenger traffic.
California's highway truck share (10.4%) is lower than 76% of states nationwide. By raw volume, California carries the highest number of highway trucks nationwide - roughly 3,659 trucks per day.
| Traffic | vehicles per day11,652 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 4.8% |
| Average travel time | 34.3 min |
| Congestion ratio | 26.5% |
| Drivers’ average age | 43.5 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $110,743 |
Travel in California splits roughly evenly, with about half of it (46% of vehicle-miles) on local roads. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 11,652 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 79% of the monitored road miles (52,608 miles in 1,395,327 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 429,526,443 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈157 billion per year). Trucks make up 4.8% of non-highway traffic, about 1 in 21 vehicles.
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 54% lower than on highways.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 26.5% is 45% higher than the national level, suggesting slower local mobility than the national average.
90% of states nationwide see lower average driver income among trip origins than California. 88% of states nationwide have an older driver population than California.
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