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176 � Transportation Statistics Annual Report 1996
TABLE 8-1: TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS FOR SELECTED AREAS, 1985–94
(THOUSAND SHORT TONS PER YEAR)
Region Metropolitan area VOC NO x CO PM-10
North New York-Northern New Jersey- 1985 447 356 3,552 14.6
Long Island CMSA (partial a ) 1994 301 329 2,620 12.0
Change (percent) –32.7 –7.3 –26.2 –17.9
Chicago-Gary- 1985 267 186 2,249 7.4
Lake County, IL-IN-WI CMSA 1994 160 168 1,547 6.0
Change (percent) –39.9 –9.5 –31.2 –18.9
Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA CMSA 1985 87 69 737 2.9
1994 47 51 465 2.0
Change (percent) –46.0 –26.1 –36.9 –31.0
Indianapolis, IN MSA 1985 48 39 396 1.6
1994 39 40 389 1.5
Change (percent) –20.1 3.0 –1.7 –4.9
South Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA 1985 179 124 1,370 5.3
1994 96 102 891 4.0
Change (percent) –46.4 –17.4 –34.9 –24.7
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX CMSA 1985 172 124 1,319 5.4
1994 100 105 956 4.1
Change (percent) –41.9 –15.3 –27.5 –34.1
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL CMSA 1985 119 64 841 2.8
1994 78 68 722 2.6
Change (percent) –34.9 6.3 –14.1 –7.1
Tampa-St. Petersburg- 1985 89 54 633 2.5
Clearwater, FL MSA 1994 52 53 484 2.2
Change (percent) –41.7 –1.6 –23.5 –12.6
West Los Angeles-Anaheim- 1985 417 329 3,185 15.3
Riverside, CA CMSA 1994 285 300 2,361 12.5
Change (percent) –31.7 –8.8 –25.9 –18.3
San Francisco-Oakland- 1985 185 165 1,476 7.6
San Jose, CA CMSA 1994 130 139 1,148 5.7
Change (percent) –30.1 –15.8 –22.2 –24.6
Seattle-Tacoma, WA CMSA 1985 98 96 870 3.9
1994 70 87 667 3.3
Change (percent) –28.3 –8.9 –23.3 –16.8
San Diego, CA MSA 1985 74 65 563 3.0
1994 49 55 392 2.4
Change (percent) –34.8 –15.2 –30.4 –22.1
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA CMSA 1985 42 43 347 1.8
1994 30 41 268 1.6
Change (percent) –28.4 –5.2 –22.7 –12.6
a Contains only Fairfield County, Connecticut. 1990 census definition also includes parts of Litchfield and New Haven counties.
KEY: CMSA = consolidated metropolitan statistical area; MSA = metropolitan statistical area.
NOTE: Metropolitan definitions used in this table do not necessarily correspond to metropolitan definitions used to define nonattainment areas. Thus, the emissions
numbers in this table cannot be used to assess compliance with federal clean air requirements.
SOURCE: County-level data provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aggregated up to MSAs according to 1990 census definitions.