Table 1

Measured traffic counts from pneumatic tube counters and vehicle type percentages determined from remote sensing for arterial and non-arterial streets by neighborhood.

24-hr Traffic (1,000s)

Vehicle type (%)

Non-arterial

Arterial

Non-arterial

Arterial

Neighborhood

No. street segments

Mean

25–75%ile

Mean

25–75%ile

Medium Truck

Heavy Truck

Bus

Medium Truck

Heavy Truck

Bus

Bayview/Hunter's Point

86

6

2–7

16

12–22

6

4

2

6

3

3

Central West

161

5

3–7

19

11–26

2

1

2

2

1

0

Chinatown

15

11

11–11

17

10–23

2

1

4

1

2

4

Downtown/Civic Center

53

14

9–17

25

20–28

4

4

1

2

2

4

Excelsior/Visitation Valley/Crocker/Outer Mission

188

4

1–5

12

7–15

0

6

1

0

1

4

Financial District

114

15

8–19

31

12–45

3

1

5

3

2

8

Glen Park/Bernal Heights

80

2

1–3

20

9–25

7

2

1

3

1

5

Haight Ashbury

60

6

3–7

29

13–37

5

6

0

3

0

0

Inner Mission

119

9

1–13

23

14–31

4

4

2

10

1

7

Lakeshore

96

7

1–11

21

12–31

2

2

4

2

0

0

Nob Hill/Russian Hill/Pacific Heights/Marina

133

7

2–8

22

14–30

9

5

0

2

1

5

North Beach

43

6

3–8

19

15–18

6

4

3

1

5

4

Northwest

181

4

2–6

25

13–28

5

0

3

3

0

2

Potrero Hill

73

5

2–7

19

12–23

9

2

6

5

5

3

South of Market

106

17

10–24

24

17–30

3

6

2

1

2

9

Twin Peaks/Diamond Heights/Oceanview

199

5

1–4

13

9–15

5

0

2

4

1

2

Upper Market/Noe Valley

126

4

1–5

14

11–19

8

3

0

6

2

5

Western Addition

166

10

4–10

30

20–44

7

4

2

2

3

0

All

1,999

7

2–9

20

11–25

5

3

2

3

2

4

Seto et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:24   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-24