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Table 1-66: Annual Highway Congestion Cost

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Population group Urban area Annual congestion cost per peak traveler (2005 dollars) Annual congestion cost (2005 Dollars millions)
1998 Value 1999 Value 2000 Value 2001 Value 2002 Value 2003 Value 2004 Value 2005 Value 1998 Rank 1999 Rank 2000 Rank 2001 Rank 2002 Rank 2003 Rank 2004 Rank 2005 Rank 1998 Value 1999 Value 2000 Value 2001 Value 2002 Value 2003 Value 2004 Value 2005 Value 1998 Rank 1999 Rank 2000 Rank 2001 Rank 2002 Rank 2003 Rank 2004 Rank 2005 Rank
Medium Akron, OH 208 209 206 197 186 176 192 185 69 71 74 73 75 78 78 80 57 59 60 59 57 56 64 62 66 68 68 69 73 73 72 75
Medium Albany-Schenectady, NY 152 161 183 197 210 241 290 300 76 77 75 73 71 71 68 68 39 42 49 53 58 67 83 86 72 73 72 72 71 70 69 68
Medium Albuquerque, NM 536 567 495 484 446 476 551 640 26 27 35 41 44 44 40 36 153 164 144 144 134 147 171 200 47 48 49 51 53 53 51 50
Medium Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ 387 347 367 369 364 355 386 408 43 52 50 53 52 54 53 55 113 105 114 117 118 117 129 137 53 58 56 56 57 59 62 61
Small Anchorage, AK 152 152 153 174 179 171 176 176 76 78 79 76 76 79 80 82 19 20 20 24 25 25 27 27 78 79 80 80 79 81 80 81
Very large Atlanta, GA 1196 1175 1217 1215 1197 1138 1166 1177 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1609 1682 1860 1978 2102 2181 2373 2581 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
Medium Austin, TX 546 618 662 735 709 739 785 909 22 18 18 14 17 19 22 13 200 235 263 309 311 334 360 422 38 36 33 31 33 35 36 31
Small Bakersfield, CA 131 134 130 136 165 181 226 259 79 81 82 83 80 77 74 72 25 27 27 29 37 43 56 66 77 77 77 77 75 75 76 73
Large Baltimore, MD 506 521 562 622 733 780 821 881 30 31 28 21 14 12 16 19 549 576 637 727 905 983 1043 1126 20 20 20 19 16 16 16 17
Small Beaumont, TX 107 126 135 147 177 168 188 202 82 82 81 82 77 80 79 78 12 14 15 17 21 21 23 25 83 82 82 82 82 83 82 82
Medium Birmingham, AL 446 461 476 499 518 552 597 625 37 40 38 39 39 36 37 37 148 157 165 175 186 202 220 234 49 49 48 48 47 47 47 47
Very large Boston, MA-NH-RI 544 563 601 638 698 729 836 895 23 28 21 20 21 20 15 17 1033 1071 1153 1242 1372 1443 1667 1820 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 12
Small Boulder, CO 235 247 255 267 253 248 266 277 67 68 66 68 70 69 71 70 13 14 14 15 14 15 16 17 82 82 84 84 84 84 84 84
Medium Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY 415 463 492 517 543 537 522 592 41 39 36 35 36 39 41 40 163 186 204 222 245 248 243 280 44 44 43 42 42 45 44 43
Small Brownsville, TX 75 86 101 115 118 127 134 138 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 5 7 8 10 10 11 12 13 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85
Large Buffalo, NY 125 144 166 171 176 209 201 208 81 79 78 77 78 73 76 77 59 70 83 87 90 111 108 112 64 66 66 66 66 63 64 65
Small Cape Coral, FL 359 361 335 375 383 403 417 438 46 47 55 52 51 49 49 51 51 54 53 64 70 80 88 98 69 69 70 68 67 67 67 67
Small Charleston-North Charleston, SC 433 455 469 469 490 533 571 572 39 41 39 43 41 40 38 41 94 101 109 113 120 135 147 147 58 60 59 59 56 56 55 59
Medium Charlotte, NC-SC 507 568 670 704 767 780 859 875 29 25 16 17 12 12 12 20 161 189 239 266 316 335 389 409 45 41 35 34 31 34 32 32
Very large Chicago, IL-IN 581 585 584 602 704 745 818 906 17 22 24 23 18 18 18 15 2275 2341 2391 2522 3019 3221 3562 3968 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Large Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 443 430 463 444 458 481 482 502 38 42 40 44 43 43 46 45 324 331 370 371 395 433 436 459 28 29 28 30 29 28 30 30
Large Cleveland, OH 242 259 252 222 210 208 247 240 65 66 68 72 71 74 72 75 217 237 234 210 202 203 243 236 34 35 36 46 46 46 44 46
Small Colorado Springs, CO 272 329 384 408 402 393 372 492 60 57 47 46 47 50 56 46 58 73 92 100 102 101 97 132 65 64 63 64 64 65 65 62
Small Columbia, SC 182 209 239 251 260 280 294 304 71 71 70 70 69 65 67 67 37 43 51 55 59 65 69 73 73 72 71 70 69 71 71 71
Large Columbus, OH 469 469 461 481 488 518 599 620 36 37 42 42 42 41 36 38 252 262 266 290 306 337 393 408 31 32 32 32 34 33 31 33
Small Corpus Christi, TX 105 125 125 149 142 154 167 183 83 83 84 81 83 82 83 81 17 20 20 25 24 27 30 33 79 79 80 79 80 79 77 77
Very Large Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 548 632 668 678 701 754 874 1046 21 16 17 18 20 16 11 6 1149 1386 1500 1582 1711 1897 2281 2747 9 9 9 10 10 9 6 4
Medium Dayton, OH 327 357 345 303 287 275 332 313 51 48 52 62 64 66 60 64 115 130 128 116 112 109 133 127 52 51 52 58 60 64 60 63
Large Denver-Aurora, CO 647 702 747 750 711 728 791 909 10 11 10 12 16 21 20 13 643 726 812 886 863 915 1006 1176 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 16
Very large Detroit, MI 790 821 832 891 936 976 995 1010 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 8 1512 1600 1654 1807 1933 2058 2121 2174 6 6 7 6 6 7 9 10
Medium El Paso, TX-NM 168 216 263 301 306 317 387 433 73 70 65 63 61 61 52 53 54 72 89 103 108 114 141 159 68 65 64 63 63 61 58 55
Small Eugene, OR 141 187 227 184 191 208 207 246 78 74 71 75 74 74 75 74 16 21 25 22 24 27 27 33 81 78 78 81 80 79 80 77
Medium Fresno, CA 354 392 404 364 360 352 355 381 48 44 45 54 54 56 57 56 97 110 116 106 112 113 116 127 57 55 55 62 60 62 63 63
Medium Grand Rapids, MI 360 374 373 376 364 375 414 427 45 46 48 51 52 52 50 54 93 100 104 110 111 117 132 138 59 62 60 60 62 59 61 60
Medium Hartford, CT 252 277 296 286 290 290 327 344 64 63 62 64 63 64 61 61 108 122 132 131 134 136 155 166 54 52 51 53 53 55 53 53
Medium Honolulu, HI 335 328 316 330 313 355 383 434 50 58 57 56 59 54 54 52 118 116 114 121 117 133 144 166 51 54 56 55 59 57 57 53
Very large Houston, TX 607 675 685 782 830 841 890 1012 14 13 14 11 9 9 8 7 1122 1288 1351