Traffic in San Jose, Costa Rica

In this city, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 2,583.43kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 118.67 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 2.94%
Walking 11.76%
Car 64.71%
Bicycle 2.94%
Motorcycle 0.00%
Bus/Trolleybus 17.65%
Tram/Streetcar 0.00%
Train/Metro 0.00%

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 6.13 km
Walking 48.75 min
Waiting 7.50 min
Driving Car 6.25 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 8.75 min
Overall 71.25 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 21.23 km
Walking 0.20 min
Driving Car 56.45 min
Overall 56.66 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 30.00 km
Bicycle 47.00 min
Overall 47.00 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 14.33 km
Walking 7.50 min
Waiting 7.50 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 70.00 min
Overall 85.00 min

Overall Average Travel Time and Distance to Work (School)

Distance 18.41 km
Overall 63.29 min

Contributors: 34

Last update: November 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Sign Up for Our Newsletter:
Your Email Address:
Nearby cities:
This page in other languages:
  
Leave a comment:

Your name: Sign In

Your email address (optional):

Your comment (no HTML):

1 Comments so far
Moritz Von Schweinitz on Sep 12, 2021:
These numbers are not right.

No one here walks one hour, per way, on average(!) to work by foot.

Or spends one hour per day, one way, in average, commuting by bicycle.

Traffic and commute times are of course a problem, but this data is very wrong.