Table 3-3 Estimated Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 2000, 2010, and 2014
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| Year | 2000 | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | Percent change, 2010 to 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delay per auto commuter (hours) | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 13.5 |
| Total delay (billion hours) | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 32.7 |
| Commuters (millions) | 107.6 | 109.2 | 109.7 | 109.9 | 2.1 |
| Fuel wasted (billion gallons) | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 47.6 |
| Total cost (billion, 2014 U.S. Dollars) | 114 | 149 | 156 | 160 | 40.4 |
NOTES: Includes 471 urban areas: 15 very large urban areas (population over 3 million), 31 large urban areas (population over 1 million but less than 3 million), 33 medium urban areas (population over 500,000 but less than 1 million), 22 small urban areas (population less than 500,000), and 370 other urban areas. Travel Time Index is the ratio of the travel time during the peak travel period to the time required to make the same trip at free-flow speeds.
SOURCE: Texas Transportation Institute, 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard, available at mobility.tamu.edu/ums as of February 2016.