Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Arizona: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Arizona: 2000
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | Total roadway miles | Total DVMT (thousands) | Estimated population (thousands) | Net land area (square miles) | Persons per square mile | Miles of roadway per person | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 10,232 | 58,405 | 2,138 | 1,054 | 2,028 | 5 | 27 | 1,054 | 18,432 |
| Tucson | 2,225 | 13,400 | 619 | 280 | 2,211 | 4 | 22 | 183 | 11,791 |
| Yuma | 319 | U | 80 | 34 | 2,353 | 4 | U | 19 | 5,568 |
| Flagstaff | 277 | 1,223 | 55 | 73 | 753 | 5 | 22 | 69 | 7,791 |
1 A "federal-aid urbanized area" is an area with 50,000 or more persons that, at a minimum, encompasses the land area delineated as the urbanized area by the U.S. Census Bureau. Areas are ranked by population. 2Lane miles estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
KEY: DVMT = daily vehicle-miles of travel; U = data are unavailable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.