TABLE 5-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 1990, 1995, 2000, & 2005-2011
Thursday, April 9, 2015
498 urban area
| Year | Travel Time Index | Delay per commuter (hours) | Total delay (billion hours) | Fuel wasted (billion gallons) | Total cost (billion, 2011 U.S. Dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.14 | 32.0 | 2.66 | 1.36 | 55.2 |
| 1995 | 1.16 | 35.4 | 3.42 | 1.78 | 71.0 |
| 2000 | 1.19 | 38.7 | 4.50 | 2.39 | 94.2 |
| 2005 | 1.23 | 43.1 | 5.91 | 3.17 | 98.2 |
| 2006 | 1.22 | 43.1 | 5.94 | 3.20 | 130.8 |
| 2007 | 1.22 | 42.0 | 5.88 | 3.23 | 131.2 |
| 2008 | 1.18 | 37.6 | 5.23 | 2.76 | 115.3 |
| 2009 | 1.18 | 37.6 | 5.43 | 2.81 | 120.0 |
| 2010 | 1.18 | 37.6 | 5.46 | 2.85 | 120.0 |
| 2011 | 1.18 | 38.0 | 5.52 | 2.88 | 121.2 |
NOTES: 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 397 other urban areas.
SOURCE: Texas A&M University, Texas Transportation Institute, 2012 Urban Mobility Report, available at http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/mobility-report-2012.pdf as of October 2013.