Table 5-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 1990, 2000, 2005–2010
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439 Urban Areasa
| Total delay (billion hours) | Delay per auto commuter (hours) | Total fuel wasted (billion gallons) | Total cost (2010 $ billion) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.4 | 28.5 | 0.9 | 46.4 |
| 2000 | 4.0 | 34.8 | 1.6 | 82.6 |
| 2005 | 5.2 | 39.1 | 2.2 | 108.1 |
| 2006 | 5.3 | 39.1 | 2.2 | 110.0 |
| 2007 | 5.2 | 38.4 | 2.2 | 110.3 |
| 2008 | 4.6 | 33.7 | 1.9 | 97.0 |
| 2009 | 4.8 | 34.0 | 1.9 | 100.9 |
| 2010 | 4.8 | 34.4 | 1.9 | 100.9 |
a Includes 15 very large urban areas (population over 3 million); 32 large urban areas (population over 1 million but less than 3 million); 33 medium urban areas (population over 500,000 but less than 1 million); 21 small urban areas (population less than 500,000; and 338 other urban areas.
SOURCE: Texas Transportation Institute and Texas A&M University, 2011 Urban Mobility Report. 2011. available at http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/mobility-report-2011.pdf as of March 2012.