Vehicle ownership rates help gauge participation in alternate modes of transportation like walking, cycling, transit, multiple-occupant vehicle trips, and shared mobility services. Fewer personal vehicles means less space dedicated to parking, more room for housing, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and cost savings for households.
Contextual performance measure
Metro 2050 establishes the performance measure as the total and per-capita change in the number of actively insured vehicles.
Progress
This contextual measure tracks the change in personal vehicle ownership across the region and change in vehicle ownership per capita. The population count is based on census data that includes people ages 15 to 64.