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TABLE 13/14 Travel Time Index and Change by Metro Area Population for 75 Metro Areas: 1990 and 2000

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Urban Areas of 1 million or greater	Population (000) 2000	Travel Time Index 1990	Travel Time Index 2000	Change 1900-2000
New York NY-Northeastern NJ	17,090	1.31	1.41	0.10
Los Angeles CA	12,680	1.91	1.90	-0.01
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN	8,090	1.37	1.47	0.10
Philadelphia PA-NJ	4,590	1.18	1.28	0.10
San Francisco-Oakland CA	4,030	1.50	1.59	0.09
Detroit MI	4,025	1.28	1.34	0.06
Dallas-Fort Worth TX	3,800	1.18	1.33	0.15
Washington DC-MD-VA	3,560	1.34	1.46	0.12
Houston TX	3,375	1.31	1.38	0.07
Boston MA	3,025	1.27	1.45	0.18
Atlanta GA	2,975	1.14	1.36	0.22
San Diego CA	2,710	1.25	1.37	0.12
Phoenix AZ	2,600	1.21	1.40	0.19
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN	2,475	1.12	1.38	0.26
Miami-Hialeah FL	2,270	1.32	1.45	0.13
Baltimore MD	2,170	1.21	1.29	0.08
St. Louis MO-IL	2,040	1.11	1.23	0.12
Seattle-Everett WA	2,000	1.34	1.45	0.11
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater FL	1,950	1.26	1.29	0.03
Denver CO	1,910	1.17	1.42	0.25
Cleveland OH	1,885	1.06	1.13	0.07
Pittsburgh PA	1,790	1.10	1.10	0.00
San Jose CA	1,675	1.44	1.42	-0.02
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL	1,560	1.14	1.37	0.23
Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach VA	1,500	1.15	1.18	0.03
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA	1,500	1.16	1.40	0.24
Kansas City MO-KS	1,420	1.03	1.10	0.07
San Bernardino-Riverside CA	1,410	1.24	1.34	0.10
Sacramento CA	1,395	1.20	1.31	0.11
Milwaukee WI	1,365	1.12	1.26	0.14
Cincinnati OH-KY	1,285	1.12	1.26	0.14
San Antonio TX	1,250	1.08	1.23	0.15
Las Vegas NV	1,200	1.23	1.35	0.12
Orlando FL	1,200	1.16	1.29	0.13
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY	1,110	1.04	1.08	0.04
New Orleans LA	1,105	1.16	1.18	0.02
Oklahoma City OK	1,080	1.03	1.09	0.06
Columbus OH	1,040	1.10	1.19	0.09
W Palm Bch-Boca Raton-Delray Bch FL	1,030	1.12	1.25	0.13
Indianapolis IN	1,020	1.06	1.24	0.18
Memphis TN-AR-MS	975	1.09	1.21	0.12
Providence-Pawtucket RI-MA	915	1.12	1.21	0.09
Salt Lake City UT	900	1.08	1.17	0.09
Jacksonville FL	865	1.11	1.15	0.04
Louisville KY-IN	840	1.08	1.24	0.16
Tulsa OK	800	1.05	1.12	0.07
Austin TX	730	1.12	1.27	0.15
Nashville TN	700	1.10	1.18	0.08
Honolulu HI	695	1.22	1.20	-0.02
Tucson AZ	680	1.11	1.20	0.09
Birmingham AL	670	1.06	1.17	0.11
El Paso TX-NM	655	1.04	1.17	0.13
Rochester NY	650	1.03	1.06	0.03
Charlotte NC	645	1.16	1.27	0.11
Hartford-Middletown CT	645	1.09	1.12	0.03
Richmond VA	640	1.05	1.10	0.05
Omaha NE-IA	625	1.09	1.15	0.06
Tacoma WA	605	1.11	1.23	0.12
Albuquerque NM	595	1.10	1.26	0.16
Fresno CA	555	1.13	1.20	0.07
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY	515	1.04	1.06	0.02
Colorado Springs CO	465	1.04	1.20	0.16
Charleston SC	455	1.15	1.19	0.04
Bakersfield CA	405	1.03	1.06	0.03
Spokane WA	330	1.04	1.08	0.04
Corpus Christi TX	315	1.03	1.04	0.01
Pensacola FL	305	1.08	1.14	0.06
Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL	290	1.09	1.15	0.06
Anchorage AK	260	1.05	1.04	-0.01
Eugene-Springfield OR	220	1.04	1.12	0.08
Salem OR	195	1.04	1.10	0.06
Laredo TX	185	1.03	1.06	0.03
Brownsville TX	155	1.04	1.08	0.04
Beaumont TX	145	1.03	1.05	0.02
Boulder CO	110	1.03	1.09	0.06

NOTE: The Travel Time Index is the ratio of peak period travel time to free-flow travel time. The Travel Time Index expresses the average amount of extra time it takes to travel in the peak relative to free-flow travel.

SOURCE: Texas A & M University, Texas Transportation Institutue, 2002 Urban Mobility Report (College Station, TX: 2002), available at http://tti.tamu.edu/, as of May 2003.