US Urbanized Areas:
Traffic Volume Trends 1990-1997

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

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