Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Massachusetts: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Massachusetts: 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 thousand persons | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 10,148 | 59,361 | 2,917 | 1,138 | 2,563 | 3.5 | 20.3 | 1,295 | 17,671 |
| Providence-Pawtucket, RI-MA | 4,399 | 20,446 | 907 | 515 | 1,761 | 4.9 | 22.5 | 645 | 13,130 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 2,928 | 13,124 | 608 | 422 | 1,441 | 4.8 | 21.6 | 388 | 10,947 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 1,805 | 9,388 | 358 | 263 | 1,361 | 5.0 | 26.2 | 365 | 11,226 |
| Lawrence-Haverhill, MA-NH | 1,484 | 8,670 | 301 | 205 | 1,468 | 4.9 | 28.8 | 306 | 14,017 |
| Lowell, MA-NH | 936 | 5,799 | 223 | 116 | 1,922 | 4.2 | 26.0 | 153 | 17,693 |
| Brockton | 803 | 4,037 | 188 | 132 | 1,424 | 4.3 | 21.5 | 90 | 12,458 |
| Fall River, MA-RI | 753 | 3,785 | 159 | 116 | 1,371 | 4.7 | 23.8 | 179 | 9,295 |
| New Bedford | 580 | 2,498 | 149 | 67 | 2,224 | 3.9 | 16.8 | 87 | 9,236 |
| Hyannis | 1,354 | 4,195 | 115 | 153 | 752 | 11.8 | 36.5 | 86 | 10,839 |
| Taunton | 620 | 3,123 | 106 | 136 | 779 | 5.8 | 29.5 | 162 | 10,304 |
| Fitchburg-Leominster | 406 | 1,507 | 85 | 64 | 1,328 | 4.8 | 17.7 | 21 | 11,582 |
| Pittsfield | 311 | 995 | 55 | 65 | 846 | 5.6 | 18.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1A "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.
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.