Table 4-28: Annual Wasted Fuel Per Person

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Urban Area	Population group	Gallons wasted																				Percent changea
																						Short-term 2002-2007		Long term 1982-2007
		1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Akron OH	Med	1	2	4	4	5	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	7	8	6	-25.0	88	500.0	14
Albany-Schenectady NY	Med	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	(R)8	(R)9	(R)9	10	12	50.0	4	500.0	14
Albuquerque NM	Med	6	8	13	13	15	16	17	(R)18	20	21	(R)21	22	19	18	17	17	19	21	21	22	29.4	11	266.7	41
Allentown-Bethlehem PA-NJ	Med	5	6	7	7	9	10	(R)11	(R)12	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	0.0	51	180.0	57
Anchorage AK	Sml	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	0.0	51	0.0	88
Atlanta GA	Vlg	(R)12	(R)15	(R)20	(R)22	(R)25	(R)29	(R)33	(R)35	(R)36	(R)39	(R)41	(R)41	(R)43	(R)43	(R)44	(R)44	(R)43	44	42	40	-9.1	78	233.3	48
Austin TX	Lrg	(R)7	(R)10	(R)12	(R)13	(R)13	(R)14	(R)16	(R)18	(R)20	(R)22	(R)20	(R)22	(R)23	(R)25	(R)24	(R)25	(R)25	(R)27	26	27	12.5	27	285.7	39
Bakersfield CA	Med	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	(R)4	(R)4	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	8	7	16.7	21	600.0	8
Baltimore MD	Lrg	7	11	(R)20	20	(R)19	20	(R)20	(R)21	(R)21	(R)22	(R)21	(R)22	23	25	30	31	31	32	32	32	6.7	39	357.1	28
Beaumont TX	Sml	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	16.7	21	250.0	44
Birmingham AL	Med	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	(R)18	(R)18	19	19	20	21	22	22	21	21	5.0	42	320.0	34
Boston MA-NH-RI	Vlg	7	10	(R)16	17	(R)18	19	(R)19	(R)19	20	(R)21	(R)22	(R)23	24	25	27	27	30	31	30	29	7.4	38	314.3	36
Boulder CO	Sml	(R)3	(R)4	(R)4	(R)5	(R)6	(R)7	(R)7	(R)8	(R)7	(R)8	(R)8	(R)8	(R)8	(R)8	(R)8	(R)7	(R)8	(R)8	8	7	-12.5	84	133.3	70
Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY	Med	6	10	13	13	15	15	16	18	17	(R)19	(R)21	23	23	23	25	24	(R)24	(R)25	26	27	8.0	36	350.0	29
Brownsville TX	Sml	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	(R)2	(R)2	3	3	(R)3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	25.0	15	400.0	22
Buffalo NY	Lrg	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	16.7	21	250.0	44
Cape Coral FL	Sml	5	5	7	8	9	11	13	15	(R)15	(R)14	13	(R)12	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	17	30.8	9	240.0	47
Charleston-North Charleston SC	Sml	9	11	15	15	17	17	17	(R)16	16	16	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	19	21	23	27.8	13	155.6	61
Charlotte NC-SC	Lrg	(R)6	(R)10	(R)13	(R)14	(R)14	(R)13	(R)12	(R)12	(R)14	(R)17	(R)18	(R)20	(R)23	(R)24	(R)25	(R)25	(R)26	(R)26	26	27	8.0	36	350.0	29
Chicago IL-IN	Vlg	9	13	(R)19	(R)19	20	(R)19	(R)19	22	(R)24	24	25	(R)24	24	24	28	(R)28	30	(R)31	30	28	0.0	51	211.1	52
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN	Lrg	3	5	12	12	14	16	18	18	18	(R)20	(R)20	(R)19	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	-5.3	70	500.0	14
Cleveland OH	Lrg	2	2	5	6	6	8	(R)8	10	11	(R)12	(R)11	12	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	-11.1	82	300.0	37
Colorado Springs CO	Med	2	3	4	4	5	(R)5	7	(R)7	8	(R)9	11	13	15	15	15	14	13	16	16	14	-6.7	72	600.0	8
Columbia SC	Sml	2	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	14	55.6	3	600.0	8
Columbus OH	Lrg	3	4	12	12	13	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	18	20	20	21	24	24	23	21	5.0	42	600.0	8
Corpus Christi TX	Sml	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	0.0	51	66.7	82
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX	Vlg	(R)6	11	17	(R)18	19	(R)20	21	(R)21	(R)21	(R)22	(R)24	(R)27	28	28	29	31	(R)34	(R)37	38	36	24.1	16	500.0	14
Dayton OH	Med	6	7	11	11	11	13	11	(R)13	13	14	14	(R)14	14	12	11	11	13	11	11	10	-9.1	78	66.7	82
Denver-Aurora CO	Lrg	10	12	14	16	17	20	21	24	26	28	29	31	(R)31	31	29	29	30	(R)32	31	30	3.4	48	200.0	54
Detroit MI	Vlg	(R)14	(R)16	(R)27	(R)28	(R)31	(R)33	(R)31	(R)30	(R)31	(R)32	(R)32	(R)33	(R)32	(R)34	(R)35	(R)35	(R)35	(R)34	34	34	-2.9	67	142.9	64
El Paso TX-NM	Med	2	2	4	5	6	6	(R)7	7	6	7	(R)7	(R)9	(R)10	(R)11	(R)11	(R)11	(R)13	(R)13	13	12	9.1	33	500.0	14
Eugene OR	Sml	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	0.0	51	133.3	70
Fresno CA	Med	6	6	9	9	9	10	(R)9	10	(R)10	11	(R)13	(R)14	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	0.0	51	116.7	74
Grand Rapids MI	Med	3	5	8	8	11	14	13	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	0.0	51	333.3	33
Hartford CT	Med	3	4	5	6	9	7	8	9	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	15	15.4	25	400.0	22
Honolulu HI	Med	8	10	16	15	17	16	16	17	(R)16	15	15	15	14	14	13	15	15	(R)17	17	18	38.5	5	125.0	73
Houston TX	Vlg	(R)19	(R)26	23	(R)20	19	(R)19	21	(R)21	(R)23	(R)27	(R)27	(R)30	31	(R)34	(R)36	(R)36	(R)37	(R)39	40	40	11.1	30	110.5	75
Indianapolis IN	Lrg	11	12	18	20	23	29	33	34	(R)34	37	33	(R)31	31	31	R (31)	30	30	R (29)	28	27	-12.9	85	145.5	63
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs CA	Med	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	33.3	7	-33.3	89
Jacksonville FL	Lrg	(R)10	(R)13	(R)19	(R)19	(R)22	22	23	25	(R)25	24	(R)22	22	(R)21	21	(R)23	25	(R)26	26	26	27	17.4	20	170.0	58
Kansas City MO-KS	Lrg	2	3	7	6	7	10	10	10	12	(R)12	(R)12	(R)14	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	9	-25.0	88	350.0	29
Knoxville TN	Sml	6	6	15	15	17	17	19	20	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	16	15	16	-11.1	82	166.7	59
Lancaster-Palmdale CA	Med	7	7	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0.0	51	-57.1	90
Laredo TX	Sml	1	1	2	2	2	2	(R)2	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	7	8	60.0	2	700.0	6
Las Vegas NV	Lrg	6	7	16	(R)17	18	20	22	23	(R)22	22	(R)22	(R)23	22	23	(R)23	25	(R)28	(R)29	29	30	30.4	10	400.0	22
Little Rock AR	Sml	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	9	10	9	11	8	(R)10	12	(R)12	14	15	87.5	1	650.0	7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA	Vlg	31	(R)35	(R)62	(R)58	(R)57	(R)52	(R)49	(R)51	(R)51	(R)51	(R)51	(R)51	(R)51	(R)52	(R)53	(R)51	(R)53	(R)53	54	53	0.0	51	71.0	81
Louisville KY-IN	Med	11	11	12	15	18	20	(R)21	(R)21	(R)24	26	(R)27	28	28	25	27	28	(R)30	29	28	26	-3.7	68	136.4	68
Memphis TN-MS-AR	Lrg	3	4	9	9	10	11	13	14	14	15	15	(R)14	(R)16	16	16	(R)18	18	(R)17	17	15	-6.3	71	400.0	22
Miami FL	Vlg	9	11	21	20	(R)22	(R)21	(R)22	(R)23	(R)23	(R)24	(R)24	(R)27	30	31	32	(R)34	34	(R)34	33	33	3.1	49	266.7	41
Milwaukee WI	Lrg	4	6	11	11	13	13	(R)12	14	14	14	(R)14	(R)15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	-7.1	75	225.0	49
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN	Lrg	4	7	(R)12	(R)12	(R)14	(R)17	(R)20	(R)21	(R)21	(R)26	(R)27	(R)28	(R)29	31	29	28	28	30	28	27	-6.9	74	575.0	12
Nashville-Davidson TN	Med	12	12	18	17	16	16	21	22	22	(R)23	21	22	23	23	25	26	26	25	23	23	-8.0	77	91.7	78
New Haven CT	Med	3	4	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	10	12	(R)13	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	-6.7	72	366.7	27
New Orleans LA	Lrg	10	(R)14	(R)14	(R)14	(R)13	12	(R)14	(R)14	(R)13	13	13	(R)14	(R)13	(R)12	(R)12	(R)12	(R)12	(R)12	13	12	0.0	51	20.0	87
New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT	Vlg	7	8	(R)15	(R)14	(R)14	15	(R)16	(R)17	(R)18	(R)20	(R)20	(R)23	22	21	22	(R)25	27	29	28	28	27.3	14	300.0	37
Oklahoma City OK	Med	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	11	12	13	(R)13	15	14	15	16	14	14	(R)14	15	17	6.3	40	466.7	19
Omaha NE-IA	Med	3	4	8	8	(R)10	10	11	11	12	11	(R)12	13	14	15	16	(R)15	16	(R)16	17	17	6.3	40	466.7	19
Orlando FL	Lrg	10	17	(R)29	32	32	(R)30	32	33	(R)34	(R)37	(R)39	(R)39	39	41	38	36	36	35	36	35	-7.9	76	250.0	44
Oxnard-Ventura CA	Med	3	6	9	9	10	(R)11	15	15	17	(R)15	(R)15	(R)19	19	(R)21	(R)21	(R)22	(R)24	(R)26	25	27	28.6	12	800.0	3
Pensacola FL-AL	Sml	3	3	6	6	7	8	8	9	11	12	11	(R)11	12	11	12	13	14	14	16	16	33.3	7	433.3	21
Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD	Vlg	10	11	15	15	16	15	(R)15	16	(R)16	(R)17	(R)19	(R)19	19	21	22	23	23	24	24	24	9.1	33	140.0	66
Phoenix AZ	Vlg	21	20	(R)22	(R)22	(R)23	23	23	(R)21	(R)23	R (24)	(R)24	(R)26	28	30	(R)27	(R)28	(R)29	34	32	31	14.8	26	47.6	86
Pittsburgh PA	Lrg	6	7	11	11	10	10	9	11	(R)10	10	(R)9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	-10.0	80	50.0	85
Portland OR-WA	Lrg	8	9	16	16	(R)19	(R)20	21	23	(R)25	26	(R)25	(R)27	27	26	25	25	26	27	27	26	4.0	46	225.0	49
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh NY	Med	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	11.1	30	66.7	82
Providence RI-MA	Lrg	2	2	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	11	13	14	15	16	17	18	17	16	18	12.5	27	800.0	3
Raleigh-Durham NC	Lrg	(R)5	7	14	(R)14	13	(R)15	16	16	17	19	18	(R)18	19	20	R (21)	R (20)	R (21)	R (22)	21	22	4.8	45	340.0	32
Richmond VA	Med	4	4	7	8	9	9	11	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	18.2	19	225.0	49
Riverside-San Bernardino CA	Lrg	(R)3	(R)6	(R)20	(R)22	(R)22	(R)22	(R)19	(R)21	(R)22	(R)21	(R)23	(R)24	(R)25	(R)25	(R)26	(R)30	(R)33	(R)36	36	35	34.6	6	1066.7	1
Rochester NY	Med	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	(R)5	(R)6	(R)6	6	6	20.0	18	200.0	54
Sacramento CA	Lrg	(R)9	12	(R)26	25	23	(R)23	(R)25	24	26	23	24	(R)24	(R)26	(R)27	(R)27	(R)28	30	(R)31	30	28	3.7	47	211.1	52
Salem OR	Sml	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	0.0	51	900.0	2
Salt Lake City UT	Med	5	7	11	12	15	17	(R)19	21	20	(R)18	17	(R)18	20	21	22	23	(R)20	18	17	18	-18.2	87	260.0	43
San Antonio TX	Lrg	4	8	7	7	9	9	10	12	14	16	19	23	26	24	24	(R)25	(R)28	(R)30	27	27	12.5	27	575.0	12
San Diego CA	Lrg	8	13	(R)29	(R)26	(R)28	(R)26	(R)25	(R)25	(R)27	(R)26	(R)28	(R)32	34	37	40	39	(R)43	(R)43	42	40	0.0	51	400.0	22
San Francisco-Oakland CA	Vlg	17	(R)31	(R)44	(R)40	(R)39	(R)39	(R)36	(R)38	(R)39	(R)35	(R)37	(R)37	(R)40	(R)38	(R)39	(R)39	(R)40	(R)41	43	40	2.6	50	135.3	69
San Jose CA	Lrg	16	(R)26	(R)38	(R)36	(R)33	(R)30	(R)31	(R)34	(R)32	(R)30	(R)32	(R)36	38	39	(R)38	38	35	(R)37	39	37	-2.6	66	131.3	72
Sarasota-Bradenton FL	Med	8	12	10	(R)10	10	(R)11	11	(R)10	(R)12	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	0.0	51	87.5	79
Seattle WA	Vlg	8	14	33	(R)33	(R)34	(R)35	(R)35	(R)35	(R)35	(R)37	(R)36	(R)35	(R)33	(R)31	(R)30	(R)31	(R)30	(R)32	31	30	0.0	51	275.0	40
Spokane WA	Sml	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	-16.7	86	150.0	62
Springfield MA-CT	Med	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	16.7	21	75.0	80
St. Louis MO-IL	Lrg	7	9	11	10	12	16	21	25	25	26	26	27	26	23	23	21	20	20	18	17	-26.1	90	142.9	64
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL	Lrg	15	16	20	23	23	(R)23	(R)23	(R)24	(R)23	(R)22	(R)23	(R)23	23	25	27	28	29	28	31	30	11.1	30	100.0	76
Toledo OH-MI	Med	1	1	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	11	9	9	9	-10.0	80	800.0	3
Tucson AZ	Med	13	(R)14	(R)15	(R)14	(R)14	14	13	(R)13	14	(R)17	18	18	19	20	21	24	24	26	27	26	23.8	17	100.0	76
Tulsa OK	Med	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	8.3	35	160.0	60
Virginia Beach VA	Lrg	8	11	13	13	12	(R)12	15	17	19	20	(R)20	(R)21	18	20	20	20	(R)19	20	20	19	-5.0	69	137.5	67
Washington DC-VA-MD	Vlg	10	18	(R)26	(R)28	(R)32	(R)33	(R)34	(R)35	(R)37	(R)36	(R)34	(R)35	36	(R)38	40	(R)41	(R)41	(R)41	40	42	5.0	42	320.0	34
Wichita KS	Sml	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0.0	51	200.0	54
439 Urban Area Average	All 439	9	11	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	25	24	0.0	NA	166.7	NA
90 Urban Area Average	All 90	10	13	21	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	27	28	29	29	29	28	3.7	NA	180.0	NA
Very Large Urban Area Average	Vlg	(R)13	(R)17	(R)28	(R)27	(R)28	(R)27	(R)27	(R)28	(R)29	(R)30	(R)30	(R)31	(R)31	(R)32	(R)33	(R)34	(R)35	(R)36	36	35	6.1	NA	169.2	NA
Large Urban Area Average	Lrg	7	(R)9	(R)16	(R)16	(R)16	(R)17	(R)18	(R)20	(R)20	(R)21	(R)21	(R)23	(R)23	(R)24	(R)24	(R)24	(R)25	(R)25	25	24	0.0	NA	242.9	NA
Medium Urban Area Average	Med	5	(R)6	(R)8	(R)9	(R)10	(R)10	(R)11	(R)12	(R)12	(R)13	(R)13	(R)14	(R)14	(R)14	(R)14	(R)15	(R)15	(R)15	15	15	7.1	NA	200.0	NA
Small Urban Area Average	Sml	3	4	(R)6	6	(R)7	(R)8	(R)8	(R)8	(R)9	(R)9	(R)9	9	9	9	(R)9	10	10	10	11	11	22.2	NA	266.7	NA

KEY: NA = not applicable.

Very large urban areas - over 3 million population.

Large urban areas - over 1 million and less than 3 million population.

Medium urban areas - over 500,000 and less than 1 million population.

Small urban areas - less than 500,000 population.

^a Percent changes were calculated using the numbers in this table and were not obtained from the source. Ranks are based on the calculated percent changes with the highest number corresponding to a rank of 1.

NOTES

"Wasted" fuel is the difference between the fuel consumed under estimated existing conditions and the fuel consumed under free-flow conditions. Previous editions of this table were calculated on the basis of total fuel consumed during congested trips. Calculations are made for peak period speeds and for free-flow speeds on both the freeway and principal arterial systems. For a more detailed description of the formulas used, see the source document.

The urban areas included are those containing over 500,000 people and several smaller places mostly chosen by previous sponsors of the Texas Transportation Institute study on mobility.

Methodology and data sources have been changed in 2009 and were applied retroactively to past years, these figures are not comparable to those in past editions of NTS.

SOURCE

Texas Transportation Institute, Congestion Data for Your City, Excel spreadsheet of the base statistics for the 90 urban areas and population group summary statistics (College Station, TX), available at http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Jan.19, 2010.