Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2005

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

(Ranked by hours of delay per person)

Urban area	Rank	Population (thousands)	Hours of delay (thousands)	Hours of delay per person	Cost of congestion ($ millions)	Cost of congestion per person ($)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	1	12,540	490,552	39	9,324	744
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2	4,445	152,129	34	2,747	618
Houston, TX	3	3,790	124,132	33	2,225	587
Atlanta, GA	4	4,170	132,295	32	2,581	619
San Francisco-Oakland, CA	5	4,140	129,919	31	2,414	583
San Diego, CA	6	2,905	90,711	31	1,708	588
Denver-Aurora, CO	7	2,090	64,997	31	1,176	563
San Jose, CA	8	1,675	50,038	30	899	537
Orlando, FL	9	1,360	40,595	30	738	543
Washinton, DC-VA-MD	10	4,280	127,394	30	2,331	545
Detroit, MI	11	4,055	115,547	28	2,174	536
Miami, FL	12	5,330	150,146	28	2,730	512
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA	13	1,800	48,266	27	955	531
Austin, TX	14	855	22,580	26	422	494
Phoenix, AZ	15	3,270	81,727	25	1,687	516
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	16	2,250	56,203	25	1,004	446
Chicago, IL-IN	17	8,140	202,835	25	3,968	487
Seattle, WA	18	3,005	74,098	25	1,413	470
Charlotte, NC-SC	19	860	21,205	25	409	476
Baltimore, MD	20	2,315	56,769	25	1,126	486
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	21	2,520	59,746	24	1,100	437
Indianapolis, IN	22	1,035	24,318	23	478	462
Boston, MA-NH-RI	23	4,075	93,375	23	1,820	447
Louisville, KY-IN	24	905	20,559	23	395	436
Sacramento, CA	25	1,750	39,577	23	729	417
Nashville-Davidson, TN	26	990	21,707	22	404	408
Las Vegas, NV	27	1,365	29,493	22	543	398
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT	28	17,775	384,046	22	7,383	415
San Antonio, TX	29	1,360	29,380	22	530	390
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD	30	5,300	111,703	21	2,077	392
Jacksonville, FL	31	990	20,779	21	376	380
Portland, OR-WA	32	1,730	33,660	19	625	361
Raleigh-Durham, NC	33	950	18,234	19	347	365
Columbus, OH	34	1,195	21,958	18	408	341
St. Louis, MO-IL	35	2,105	37,771	18	711	338
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	36	1,020	17,128	17	317	311
Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY	37	870	14,510	17	280	322
Virginia Beach, VA	38	1,540	25,602	17	468	304
Providence, RI-MA	39	1,245	19,482	16	344	276
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	40	1,620	24,377	15	459	283
Salt Lake City, UT	41	970	14,236	15	250	258
Oklahoma City, OK	42	850	9,468	11	171	201
Richmond, VA	43	920	10,082	11	181	197
Milwaukee, WI	44	1,460	15,402	11	282	193
Hartford, CT	45	890	9,252	10	166	187
New Orleans, LA	46	1,090	10,837	10	208	191
Kansas City, MO-KS	47	1,500	13,737	9	256	171
Pittsburgh, PA	48	1,800	16,159	9	285	158
Cleveland, OH	49	1,790	13,162	7	236	132
Buffalo, NY	50	1,130	5,853	5	112	99

NOTE: TTI's methodology changes periodically. When changes do occur, the methods are applied to all years, resulting in changes possibly over the entire period of data available. Consequently, the most recently published figures may not be comparable to those in past editions.

SOURCE: Texas Transportation Institute, 2007 Urban Mobility Report, College Station, TX: 2007, available at http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/ as of Feb. 13, 2008

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Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2005

Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2005