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% |