US Urbanized Areas:
Ranked by Change in
Vehicle Miles Traveled: 1990-7

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

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