Roadway Use Per Capita: 1982-2001
USA Urbanized Areas
Texas Transportation Institute Data

Rank Urbanized Area 1982 Per Capita Vehicle Miles 2001 Per Capita Vehicle Miles Change
1 W Palm Bch-Boca Raton-Delray Bch FL 13.2 24.3 83.4%
2 St. Louis MO-IL 15.3 28.0 82.2%
3 Indianapolis IN 17.5 30.5 74.1%
4 Atlanta GA 19.8 34.1 72.0%
5 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 11.7 19.9 70.8%
6 Columbus OH 14.9 24.8 65.9%
7 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 12.0 19.0 59.1%
8 Kansas City MO-KS 18.4 29.2 59.0%
9 Las Vegas NV 12.9 20.2 56.3%
10 Cincinnati OH-KY 17.4 26.4 51.6%
11 San Bernardino-Riverside CA 15.7 23.7 51.0%
12 Orlando FL 19.1 28.4 48.9%
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 17.1 25.3 48.1%
14 Cleveland OH 14.3 21.1 47.9%
15 Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 13.5 20.0 47.6%
16 Miami-Hialeah FL 13.5 19.5 44.8%
17 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater FL 16.5 23.5 42.5%
18 San Diego CA 17.3 24.2 39.6%
19 Seattle-Everett WA 18.0 24.9 38.9%
20 Baltimore MD 14.4 19.9 38.3%
21 San Jose CA 17.0 23.3 37.4%
22 Detroit MI 16.3 22.3 37.3%
23 Philadelphia PA-NJ 12.6 17.2 36.3%
24 Pittsburgh PA 14.8 20.1 36.3%
25 San Francisco-Oakland CA 16.0 21.5 34.5%
26 Milwaukee WI 17.0 22.7 33.8%
27 Los Angeles CA 16.7 22.3 33.2%
28 Washington DC-MD-VA 16.7 21.9 31.6%
29 San Antonio TX 18.6 24.2 30.4%
30 Boston MA 15.3 19.8 29.3%
31 New York NY-Northeastern NJ 11.9 14.9 25.8%
32 Houston TX 22.5 27.8 23.2%
33 Dallas-Fort Worth TX 24.1 29.7 23.0%
34 New Orleans LA 11.5 14.1 22.6%
35 Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 17.5 20.7 18.4%
36 Sacramento CA 18.3 20.7 13.3%
37 Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach VA 20.9 22.8 9.2%
38 Phoenix AZ 19.2 20.6 7.5%
39 Denver CO 19.9 20.7 4.4%
40 Oklahoma City OK 25.1 24.4 -2.8%

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