Traffic Intensity Trend: 1982-2001
USA Urbanized Areas

Urbanized Area 1982 Vehicle Miles/Square Mile 2001 Vehicle Miles/Square Mile Change Rank in Vehicle Miles/Square Mile Rank in Change
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY 20,750 36,600 76.4% 61 6
Albuquerque NM 34,548 43,860 27.0% 43 38
Anchorage AK 18,667 23,921 28.1% 75 37
Atlanta GA 21,866 56,044 156.3% 24 1
Austin TX 23,667 43,241 82.7% 47 5
Bakersfield CA 42,857 36,216 -15.5% 65 72
Baltimore MD 54,367 58,278 7.2% 19 61
Beaumont TX 29,722 36,364 22.3% 64 40
Birmingham AL 22,637 37,686 66.5% 60 12
Boston MA 47,967 51,502 7.4% 33 60
Boulder CO 54,000 40,000 -25.9% 53 75
Brownsville TX 29,667 34,182 15.2% 69 53
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 34,267 36,552 6.7% 62 64
Charleston SC 24,900 30,000 20.5% 73 44
Charlotte NC 33,725 43,576 29.2% 45 36
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 50,426 58,273 15.6% 20 52
Cincinnati OH-KY 35,071 51,128 45.8% 34 21
Cleveland OH 39,659 47,024 18.6% 40 47
Colorado Springs CO 29,714 31,800 7.0% 72 62
Columbus OH 40,852 53,061 29.9% 30 34
Corpus Christi TX 31,265 37,750 20.7% 59 43
Dallas-Fort Worth TX 42,401 60,963 43.8% 16 23
Denver CO 61,632 49,412 -19.8% 38 74
Detroit MI 56,872 68,182 19.9% 10 46
El Paso TX-NM 43,900 48,800 11.2% 39 55
Eugene-Springfield OR 30,438 36,545 20.1% 63 45
Fort Myers-Cape Coral FL 27,744 24,364 -12.2% 74 71
Fresno CA 48,000 56,842 18.4% 22 48
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 54,824 63,538 15.9% 11 51
Hartford-Middletown CT 27,157 42,829 57.7% 48 14
Honolulu HI 76,130 83,214 9.3% 5 58
Houston TX 35,350 54,674 54.7% 26 15
Indianapolis IN 35,833 62,770 75.2% 14 8
Jacksonville FL 26,510 33,095 24.8% 71 39
Kansas City MO-KS 36,373 40,369 11.0% 52 56
Laredo TX 36,000 54,600 51.7% 27 16
Las Vegas NV 72,688 85,915 18.2% 3 49
Los Angeles CA 90,380 127,478 41.0% 1 26
Louisville KY-IN 38,611 57,073 47.8% 21 18
Memphis TN-AR-MS 65,714 54,518 -17.0% 28 73
Miami-Hialeah FL 56,829 78,195 37.6% 7 30
Milwaukee WI 37,355 54,853 46.8% 25 20
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 36,030 49,790 38.2% 37 29
Nashville TN 26,750 38,275 43.1% 56 25
New Orleans LA 34,529 41,757 20.9% 50 42
New York NY-Northeastern NJ 57,814 62,899 8.8% 13 59
Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach VA 29,870 35,244 18.0% 67 50
Oklahoma City OK 38,321 38,435 0.3% 55 69
Omaha NE-IA 35,385 50,837 43.7% 35 24
Orlando FL 30,645 51,761 68.9% 32 10
Pensacola FL 20,344 42,641 109.6% 49 2
Philadelphia PA-NJ 53,072 56,788 7.0% 23 63
Phoenix AZ 49,918 52,982 6.1% 31 65
Pittsburgh PA 39,265 35,639 -9.2% 66 70
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 37,629 63,290 68.2% 12 11
Providence-Pawtucket RI-MA 28,089 37,887 34.9% 58 32
Richmond VA 42,955 44,560 3.7% 42 68
Rochester NY 30,586 33,478 9.5% 70 57
Sacramento CA 54,214 70,157 29.4% 8 35
Salem OR 25,000 41,063 64.3% 51 13
Salt Lake City UT 31,042 54,481 75.5% 29 7
San Antonio TX 41,419 60,376 45.8% 17 22
San Bernardino-Riverside CA 31,400 62,291 98.4% 15 4
San Diego CA 50,574 85,803 69.7% 4 9
San Francisco-Oakland CA 65,756 69,016 5.0% 9 66
San Jose CA 67,831 100,372 48.0% 2 17
Seattle-Everett WA 39,785 58,534 47.1% 18 19
Spokane WA 27,867 38,086 36.7% 57 31
St. Louis MO-IL 44,138 50,617 14.7% 36 54
Tacoma WA 27,780 39,014 40.4% 54 27
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater FL 26,292 35,037 33.3% 68 33
Tucson AZ 36,033 43,766 21.5% 44 41
Tulsa OK 43,109 45,185 4.8% 41 67
W Palm Bch-Boca Raton-Delray Bch FL 21,757 43,508 100.0% 46 3
Washington DC-MD-VA 56,553 78,567 38.9% 6 28
Average 40,041 51,166 27.8% 38 38

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