US Urbanized Areas: Ranked by Change in
Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled: 1990-1997

Rank Urbanized Area Per Capita Vehicle Miles Traveled Population Vehicle Miles Traveled
1 Indianapolis IN 32.6% 6.9% 41.8%
2 Atlanta GA 26.5% 22.9% 55.4%
3 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 25.2% 23.5% 54.6%
4 St. Louis MO-IL 23.6% 3.6% 28.1%
5 Cincinnati OH-KY 23.3% 11.4% 37.3%
6 Kansas City MO-KS 22.5% 16.8% 43.1%
7 Orlando FL 20.0% 25.9% 51.1%
8 Denver CO 19.3% 13.9% 35.9%
9 Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 18.8% 6.3% 26.2%
10 Fort Worth TX 18.4% 8.3% 28.3%
11 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 17.1% 0.9% 18.2%
12 San Antonio TX 15.0% 5.1% 20.9%
13 Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 14.1% 18.1% 34.8%
14 Norfolk VA 13.6% 10.3% 25.3%
15 Washington DC-MD-VA 13.5% 11.8% 26.9%
16 Columbus OH 12.4% 19.4% 34.3%
17 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 12.2% 13.9% 27.8%
18 Las Vegas NV 12.0% 62.0% 81.3%
19 Cleveland OH 11.8% 4.5% 16.8%
20 Boston MA 11.3% 2.0% 13.5%
21 Dallas TX 11.2% 16.6% 29.7%
22 Baltimore MD 10.0% 8.0% 18.9%
23 New Orleans LA 9.8% 3.7% 13.8%
24 New York NY-Northeastern NJ 9.4% 2.3% 11.9%
25 Milwaukee WI 9.4% 2.0% 11.7%
26 Detroit MI 8.8% 0.4% 9.2%
27 Pittsburgh PA 8.2% 1.4% 9.7%
28 Houston TX 8.0% 7.6% 16.2%
29 Seattle-Everett WA 7.2% 13.3% 21.4%
30 San Bernardino-Riverside CA 4.4% 16.2% 21.4%
31 Sacramento CA 2.5% 12.8% 15.6%
32 Oklahoma City OK 2.2% 37.4% 40.5%
33 Phoenix AZ 1.7% 26.6% 28.9%
34 San Francisco-Oakland CA 0.4% 6.1% 6.6%
35 Los Angeles CA 0.2% 7.7% 7.9%
36 Miami-Hialeah FL -0.1% 11.9% 11.8%
37 Philadelphia PA-NJ -2.7% 17.1% 13.9%
38 San Jose CA -4.1% 14.9% 10.2%
39 San Diego CA -4.4% 13.7% 8.7%
Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute (Federal Highway Administration) data.
Urbanized areas over 1,000,000 population in 1997

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