Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Nebraska: 2000
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Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Nebraska: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 2,475 | 12,194 | 648 | 222 | 2,919 | 3.8 | 18.8 | 300 | 10,993 |
| Lincoln | 856 | 3,910 | 226 | 81 | 2,790 | 3.8 | 17.3 | 59 | 6,573 |
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.