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Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2008

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 5-5: Highway Congestion in the 50 Largest Urban Areas: 2008

(Ranked by hours of delay per person)

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Urban area Rank Population (thousands) Hours of delay (thousands) Hours of delay per person Cost of congestion ($ millions) Cost of congestion per person ($)
Washington DC-VA-MD 1 4,375 175,964 40 4,081 933
Houston TX 2 3,825 151,309 40 3,688 964
Chicago IL-IN 3 8,460 325,641 38 8,669 1,025
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA 4 12,930 481,364 37 11,630 899
Denver-Aurora CO 5 2,210 75,262 34 1,757 795
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX 6 4,900 158,080 32 3,718 759
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 7 2,670 84,193 32 1,984 743
Baltimore MD 8 2,475 77,580 31 1,952 789
San Francisco-Oakland CA 9 3,960 119,268 30 2,851 720
Very Large Area Average 10 5,982 178,566 30 4,384 733
Boston MA-NH-RI 11 4,210 121,289 29 2,820 670
Seattle WA 12 3,140 89,506 29 2,249 716
Atlanta GA 13 4,170 111,566 27 2,777 666
San Diego CA 14 3,015 78,496 26 1,927 639
Austin TX 15 1,210 30,573 25 722 597
San Jose CA 16 1,755 43,758 25 1,005 573
Orlando FL 17 1,415 35,025 25 884 625
Detroit MI 18 3,930 97,031 25 2,313 589
Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY 19 915 22,428 25 557 609
101 Area Average 20 1,666 40,459 24 991 595
Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD 21 5,310 128,340 24 3,162 595
Virginia Beach VA 22 1,545 37,133 24 818 529
New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT 23 18,675 440,349 24 10,809 579
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 24 2,330 54,653 23 1,281 550
Baton Rouge LA 25 590 13,731 23 394 668
Miami FL 26 5,350 122,128 23 2,917 545
Phoenix AZ 27 3,475 78,156 22 2,150 619
Nashville-Davidson TN 28 1,050 23,159 22 587 559
Portland OR-WA 29 1,830 40,172 22 977 534
St. Louis MO-IL 30 2,300 50,211 22 1,306 568
Colorado Springs CO 31 530 11,409 22 260 491
439 Area Average 32 490 10,528 21 259 529
Pittsburgh PA 33 1,760 36,638 21 914 519
Large Area Average 34 1,576 32,655 21 795 504
Honolulu HI 35 705 14,061 20 315 447
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 36 1,970 39,002 20 1,009 512
San Juan PR 37 2,300 44,131 19 1,063 462
Jacksonville FL 38 1,050 19,838 19 492 469
Albuquerque NM 39 605 11,353 19 308 509
New Haven CT 40 605 11,344 19 277 458
San Antonio TX 41 1,498 27,478 18 647 432
Las Vegas NV 42 1,390 25,138 18 589 424
New Orleans LA 43 975 17,252 18 459 471
Oklahoma City OK 44 930 16,180 17 380 409
Milwaukee WI 45 1,475 25,615 17 629 426
Birmingham AL 46 835 14,253 17 338 405
Indianapolis IN 47 1,175 19,942 17 514 437
Charlotte NC-SC 48 1,000 16,813 17 439 439
Raleigh-Durham NC 49 1,060 17,787 17 465 439
Columbia SC 50 465 7,596 16 191 411

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, 2010 Urban Mobility Report, Congestion Data for Your City (College Station, TX: 2011), available at http://mobility.tamu.edu/ums/ as of Jul. 6, 2011.