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Traffic | vehicles per day10,772 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 8.5% |
Average travel time | 33.8 min |
Congestion ratio | 25.7% |
Drivers’ average age | 58.0 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $88,358 |
The average monitored road in Sarasota County, Florida carries 10,772 vehicles per day. Across its 840 miles of monitored roads, that adds up to 11,240,432 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈4.1 billion per year). Trucks are 8.5% of traffic, close to the 8.6% across Florida.
Sarasota's average daily traffic volume is 9% higher than the state average - 10,772 vehicles per day against 9,922. Network-wide, Sarasota accounts for about 2.1% of Florida's statewide total of vehicle-miles. By volume, Sarasota's 10,772 vehicles per day outpaces 80% of counties in Florida.
At 33.8 minutes, the average travel time matches the state level closely. On travel time, Sarasota runs longer than 58% of counties in Florida.
The congestion ratio of 25.7% runs slightly higher than the state level (8% higher).
| Traffic | vehicles per day42,086 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 12.7% |
| Average travel time | 48.0 min |
| Congestion ratio | 57.0% |
| Drivers’ average age | 56.4 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $89,363 |
A significant share of driving in Sarasota County, Florida, 37% of vehicle-miles, happens on highways. The average highway carries 42,086 vehicles per day, 303% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 10,443 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 11% of the road network, 92 miles in 176 segments, so each mile of them is 3.4 times as busy as the average road mile.
That is more highway travel volume than 78% of counties in Florida.
The concentration of trucks on highways (12.7%) is 12% higher than the state average for similar road classifications. The highway traffic mix is typical for Florida: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
61% of counties in Florida see a higher highway truck share than Sarasota's 12.7%. 97% of counties in Florida see fewer highway trucks per day than Sarasota's roughly 5,349.
| Traffic | vehicles per day10,443 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 6.1% |
| Average travel time | 33.7 min |
| Congestion ratio | 25.4% |
| Drivers’ average age | 58.2 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $88,035 |
A little more than half of the driving in Sarasota County, Florida happens on local roads: 63% of all vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 10,443 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 89% of the monitored road miles (748 miles in 16,758 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 7,068,676 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈2.6 billion per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 6.1%.
Compared to highways, non-highway routes see 52% fewer trucks by share.
Non-highway congestion (25.4%) runs slightly higher than the state level (13% higher).
79% of counties in Florida see lower average driver income among trip origins than Sarasota. Sarasota's median driver age is higher than 95% of counties in Florida.
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