ACT Rochester

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Community Vitality

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Source: New York State Department of Transportation

What does this measure?

The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita.

Why is this important?

Vehicle miles traveled measures the use of vehicles, most of which are still powered by gas and so contribute to carbon emissions that negatively impact the environment. This measure can also inform transportation planning and infrastructure development.

How is our region performing?

Residents in our region traveled 24,000 miles per person in 2022, on par with the state (excluding NYC) rate. This rate has held fairly steady since 2016 with the exception of 2020 when it fell to 21,000 during the Covid pandemic.

Genesee County had the highest rate in 2022 with residents traveling 44,000 miles per person. Monroe County had the second lowest rate at 20,000 vehicle miles, slightly above Orleans at 18,000.

Notes about the data

Comparable U.S. data were not available.

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Per Resident

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
NYS	17	17	17	18	14	16	16
NYS (excluding NYC)	25	25	25	26	21	23	24
Region	25	26	26	26	21	24	24
Monroe	22	23	23	23	18	21	20
Surrounding Counties	30	31	31	32	27	30	30
Rochester MSA	24	24	24	25	20	23	22
Genesee	47	49	48	48	38	44	44
Livingston	29	30	30	31	27	31	30
Ontario	35	36	35	37	30	34	33
Orleans	19	19	19	19	17	18	18
Seneca	38	39	39	40	33	37	40
Wayne	23	24	23	24	22	22	22
Wyoming	23	23	23	23	21	23	23
Yates	21	23	23	23	22	24	24

Source: New York State Department of Transportation
Notes: Figures are per capita. Comparable U.S. data were not available.

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
NYS	334,258	338,293	338,385	340,460	280,660	313,379	321,885
NYS (excluding NYC)	275,424	278,239	278,691	281,678	232,144	259,221	265,168
Region	30,665	31,192	31,145	31,412	26,119	29,356	28,746
Monroe	16,575	16,847	16,904	16,935	13,686	15,558	15,131
Surrounding Counties	14,090	14,345	14,241	14,477	12,433	13,798	13,615
Rochester MSA	25,718	26,129	26,132	26,374	21,927	24,633	23,999
Genesee	2,726	2,808	2,767	2,774	2,216	2,567	2,516
Livingston	1,876	1,911	1,918	1,950	1,676	1,894	1,863
Ontario	3,857	3,912	3,882	4,024	3,341	3,827	3,715
Orleans	766	764	753	750	703	721	723
Seneca	1,307	1,335	1,340	1,347	1,105	1,232	1,310
Wayne	2,116	2,128	2,112	2,138	1,977	2,033	1,972
Wyoming	914	920	906	917	871	924	921
Yates	528	567	563	577	544	600	595

Source: New York State Department of Transportation
Notes: VMT is in thousands of vehicle miles traveled.

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