Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Montana: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Montana: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings | 552 | 1,608 | 99 | 52 | 1,904 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 64 | 3,829 |
| Missoula | 362 | 1,078 | 77 | 40 | 1,925 | 4.7 | 14.0 | 32 | 4,203 |
| Great Falls | 407 | 915 | 68 | 48 | 1,417 | 6.0 | 13.5 | 30 | 2,184 |
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.
2 Lane 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.