Table 4-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 1990, 1995, 2000, & 2005-2014
Thursday, March 31, 2016
498 urban areas
| Year | Travel Time Index | Delay per commuter (hours) | Total delay (billion hours) | Fuel wasted (billion gallons) | Total cost (Billions of 2014 U.S. Dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.13 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.3 | $ 65 |
| 1995 | 1.16 | 31 | 4.0 | 1.5 | $ 87 |
| 2000 | 1.19 | 37 | 5.2 | 2.1 | $ 114 |
| 2005 | 1.21 | 41 | 6.3 | 2.7 | $ 143 |
| 2006 | 1.21 | 42 | 6.4 | 2.8 | $ 149 |
| 2007 | 1.21 | 42 | 6.6 | 2.8 | $ 154 |
| 2008 | 1.21 | 42 | 6.6 | 2.4 | $ 152 |
| 2009 | 1.20 | 40 | 6.3 | 2.4 | $ 147 |
| 2010 | 1.20 | 40 | 6.4 | 2.5 | $ 149 |
| 2011 | 1.21 | 41 | 6.6 | 2.5 | $ 152 |
| 2012 | 1.21 | 41 | 6.7 | 3.0 | $ 154 |
| 2013 | 1.21 | 42 | 6.8 | 3.1 | $ 156 |
| 2014 | 1.22 | 42 | 6.9 | 3.1 | $ 160 |
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, 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard. Available at http://tti.tamu.edu/ as of August 2015.