Table 4-1 Annual Congestion Delay and Costs: 2000, & 2005-2014
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.19 | 37.0 | 5.20 | 2.1 | $ 114 |
| 2005 | 1.21 | 41.0 | 6.3 | 2.7 | $ 143 |
| 2006 | 1.21 | 42.0 | 6.4 | 2.80 | $ 149 |
| 2007 | 1.21 | 42.0 | 6.6 | 2.8 | $ 154 |
| 2008 | 1.21 | 42.0 | 6.60 | 2.4 | $ 152 |
| 2009 | 1.2 | 40.0 | 6.30 | 2.4 | $ 147 |
| 2010 | 1.2 | 40.0 | 6.40 | 2.5 | $ 149 |
| 2011 | 1.21 | 41.0 | 6.60 | 2.5 | $ 152 |
| 2012 | 1.21 | 41.0 | 6.70 | 3 | $ 154 |
| 2013 | 1.21 | 42.0 | 6.80 | 3.1 | $ 156 |
| 2014 | 1.22 | 42.0 | 6.90 | 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://d2dtl5nnlpfr0r.cloudfront.net/tti.tamu.edu/documents/mobility-scorecard-2015-wappx.pdf as of August 2015.