Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Washington: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Washington: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 7,101 | 51,430 | 1,994 | 844 | 2,363 | 3.6 | 26 | 1,449 | 16,569 |
| Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA | 5,615 | 31,517 | 1,338 | 469 | 2,853 | 4.2 | 24 | 701 | 17,977 |
| Tacoma | 2,414 | 13,661 | 603 | 341 | 1,768 | 4.0 | 23 | 294 | 18,049 |
| Spokane | 1,734 | 6,685 | 323 | 164 | 1,970 | 5.4 | 21 | 130 | 11,522 |
| Richland-Kennewick-Pasco | 923 | 3,187 | 152 | 170 | 894 | 6.1 | 21 | 155 | 5,781 |
| Bremerton | 631 | 2,929 | 146 | 108 | 1,352 | 4.3 | 20 | 95 | 10,299 |
| Olympia | 622 | 3,322 | 133 | 88 | 1,511 | 4.7 | 25 | 105 | 14,133 |
1A "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. 2Lane 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.