Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2007
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2007
(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 | 12,800 | 485,022 | 38 | 10,328 | 807 |
| Houston TX | 2 | 3,815 | 123,915 | 32 | 2,482 | 651 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX | 3 | 4,445 | 140,744 | 32 | 2,849 | 641 |
| Washington DC-VA-MD | 4 | 4,330 | 133,862 | 31 | 2,762 | 638 |
| Atlanta GA | 5 | 4,440 | 135,335 | 30 | 2,981 | 671 |
| San Jose CA | 6 | 1,705 | 51,070 | 30 | 1,013 | 594 |
| Orlando FL | 7 | 1,405 | 41,791 | 30 | 850 | 605 |
| San Diego CA | 8 | 2,950 | 85,392 | 29 | 1,786 | 605 |
| Detroit MI | 9 | 4,050 | 116,981 | 29 | 2,472 | 610 |
| San Francisco-Oakland CA | 10 | 4,480 | 129,393 | 29 | 2,675 | 597 |
| Denver-Aurora CO | 11 | 2,180 | 61,345 | 28 | 1,240 | 569 |
| Miami FL | 12 | 5,420 | 145,608 | 27 | 2,955 | 545 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg FL | 13 | 2,320 | 61,018 | 26 | 1,205 | 519 |
| Las Vegas NV | 14 | 1,405 | 34,521 | 25 | 705 | 502 |
| Baltimore MD | 15 | 2,320 | 56,964 | 25 | 1,276 | 550 |
| Seattle WA | 16 | 3,100 | 73,636 | 24 | 1,591 | 513 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino CA | 17 | 2,030 | 48,135 | 24 | 1,083 | 533 |
| Phoenix AZ | 18 | 3,425 | 80,456 | 23 | 1,891 | 552 |
| Charlotte NC-SC | 19 | 1,070 | 24,237 | 23 | 525 | 491 |
| Chicago IL-IN | 20 | 8,440 | 189,201 | 22 | 4,207 | 498 |
| Austin TX | 21 | 1,035 | 22,777 | 22 | 471 | 455 |
| Indianapolis IN | 22 | 1,070 | 23,505 | 22 | 522 | 488 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul MN | 23 | 2,525 | 55,287 | 22 | 1,148 | 455 |
| Boston MA-NH-RI | 24 | 4,200 | 91,052 | 22 | 1,996 | 475 |
| Jacksonville FL | 25 | 1,040 | 22,491 | 22 | 457 | 439 |
| San Antonio TX | 26 | 1,450 | 31,026 | 21 | 621 | 428 |
| Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD | 27 | 5,310 | 112,074 | 21 | 2,316 | 436 |
| Sacramento CA | 28 | 1,860 | 39,197 | 21 | 806 | 433 |
| New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT | 29 | 18,225 | 379,328 | 21 | 8,180 | 449 |
| Louisville KY-IN | 30 | 915 | 19,015 | 21 | 409 | 447 |
| Nashville-Davidson TN | 31 | 995 | 20,215 | 20 | 426 | 428 |
| Portland OR-WA | 32 | 1,800 | 34,418 | 19 | 712 | 396 |
| Raleigh-Durham NC | 33 | 1,025 | 19,588 | 19 | 421 | 411 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY | 34 | 875 | 16,077 | 18 | 350 | 400 |
| Columbus OH | 35 | 1,225 | 20,428 | 17 | 424 | 346 |
| Providence RI-MA | 36 | 1,245 | 19,937 | 16 | 386 | 310 |
| Virginia Beach VA | 37 | 1,545 | 24,665 | 16 | 501 | 324 |
| Salt Lake City UT | 38 | 975 | 14,557 | 15 | 287 | 294 |
| St. Louis MO-IL | 39 | 2,215 | 32,863 | 15 | 697 | 315 |
| Oklahoma City OK | 40 | 875 | 12,826 | 15 | 257 | 294 |
| Cincinnati OH-KY-IN | 41 | 1,670 | 23,832 | 14 | 508 | 304 |
| Memphis TN-MS-AR | 42 | 1,035 | 14,633 | 14 | 311 | 300 |
| Hartford CT | 43 | 895 | 10,147 | 11 | 203 | 227 |
| Richmond VA | 44 | 935 | 10,212 | 11 | 202 | 216 |
| New Orleans LA | 45 | 1,100 | 11,327 | 10 | 244 | 222 |
| Milwaukee WI | 46 | 1,465 | 14,860 | 10 | 307 | 210 |
| Pittsburgh PA | 47 | 1,815 | 15,334 | 8 | 304 | 167 |
| Kansas City MO-KS | 48 | 1,525 | 12,703 | 8 | 267 | 175 |
| Cleveland OH | 49 | 1,790 | 12,037 | 7 | 241 | 135 |
| Buffalo NY | 50 | 1,125 | 6,185 | 5 | 134 | 119 |
NOTES: 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, 2009 Urban Mobility Report, Congestion Data for Your City (College Station, TX: 2009), available at http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/ as of Apr. 9, 2010.