The use of public transport in New York is the highest in the EEUU and fuel consumption is low. The dense population of New York and THE low dependence on cars, helped to place the city among the most efficient energy consuming country.

New Yorkers are responsible for one percent of the country's gas emissions, despite being 2.7% of the national population. The average New Yorker consumes less than half the electricity that a resident of San Francisco and nearly one quarter of that consumed by a resident of Dallas.