Total score:  Raw figures
Here is how the Pittsburgh region stacks up with 14 similar metropolitan areas. Each metro area is compared in seven different categories. These are the hard numbers for each category.
MSA, CMSA, City	Public Transportation	Commuting time		Bond ratings			Highway quality	Cost of owning a car		Airport strength			Parks
	% Total commuters using public transportation	Mean time (mins)	% with a commute < 15 mins.	Central city	Central county	Points	Int'l roughness index	1999 total costs	Increase from 1998	Passengers	Operations (landings, takeoffs)	Cargo (metric tons)	Metro area residents per central county park acre
Atlanta	4.6	26	20.4	Aa3	Aa3	16	50	$6,783	$256	73.5 million	846,881	907,208	624.34
Cincinnatti Hamilton	3.6	22.1	26.5	Aa1	Aa2	19	128	$6,105	$159	21.2 million	445,130	376,117	105.24
Cleveland Akron	4.5	22	27.8	A2	Aa2	15	125	$6,572	$177	12.5 million	308,394	118,141	145.58
Denver Boulder Greeley	4.2	22.4	25.8	Aa2	Aa2	18	167	$7,049	$227	36.8 million	464,429	447,209	131.4
Kansas City	2	21.4	27.9	Aa3	A2	14	123	$6,912	$168	11.0 million	212,313	156,579	5.44
Miami Ft.Lauderdale	4.2	24.1	22.1	Ba1	Baa	5	113	$7,281	$171	46.4 million	792,517	1,981,015	215.4
Milwaukee Racine	4.8	20	32.3	Aa1	Aa3	18	160	$6,473	$200	5.5 million	219,087	119,863	111.52
Minneapolis St. Paul	5.2	21.1	28.2	Aaa	Aaa	22	97	$6,750	$180	28.5 million	482,776	365,680	111.22
Phoenix Mesa	2	23	26.1	Aa1	A1	18	87	$7,307	$82	31.8 million	728,359	346,852	19.74
Pittsburgh	7.9	22.6	29.2	Baa1	A3	9	145	$6,375	$157	20.6 million	451,060	157,270	117.3
Portland Salem	5.4	21.7	28.3	Aaa	Aa1	21	145	$6,153	$160	12.5 million	337,273	292,376	158.01
San Diego	3.2	22.2	26.4	Aa3	N/A	16	127	$7,109	$244	14.9 million	223,257	122,241	4.48
Seattle Tacoma Bremerton	6.2	24.3	24.0	Aaa	Aa1	21	151	$7,165	$266	25.8 million	407,566	426,885	141.5
St. Louis	2.8	23.1	25.4	Baa1	Aaa	15	142	$7,134	$143	28.6 million	N/A	134,437	177.63
Tampa	1.4	21.8	29.0	A	Aa3	15	127	$6,601	$164	13.8 million	464,718	117,378	147.45

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