WHERE DO WE STAND?
Over half (56%) of Travis County workers drove a car alone to work in 2022. Travis County has a lower percent of commuters who drive alone to work than surrounding counties or Texas.
The Housing + Transportation Index estimates that people in Travis County pay an estimated $13,882 a year in gas and auto ownership costs, and that rate increases the further someone lives from Central Austin. Housing is estimated to be 29% of household costs and transportation is estimated to be 20% of household costs.
A City Lab analysis done for Vancouver found that for every $1 a person spends on driving a car, society pays another $9.20 of costs in road construction and maintenance, pollution, car crashes, and congestion.