Roadway Congestion Index in
US Urban Areas over 1,000,000: 1982-1997
|
Rank |
Urban Area |
1982 |
1997 |
Change |
|
1 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN |
0.70 |
1.13 |
61.4% |
|
2 |
Sacramento CA |
0.71 |
1.14 |
60.6% |
|
3 |
Las Vegas NV |
0.67 |
1.07 |
59.7% |
|
4 |
San Bernardino-Riverside CA |
0.73 |
1.15 |
57.5% |
|
5 |
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA |
0.79 |
1.22 |
54.4% |
|
6 |
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL |
0.70 |
1.08 |
54.3% |
|
7 |
Atlanta GA |
0.85 |
1.23 |
44.7% |
|
8 |
San Jose CA |
0.76 |
1.08 |
42.1% |
|
9 |
Denver CO |
0.77 |
1.08 |
40.3% |
|
10 |
San Diego CA |
0.80 |
1.12 |
40.0% |
|
11 |
Boston MA |
0.91 |
1.24 |
36.3% |
|
12 |
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN |
0.94 |
1.28 |
36.2% |
|
13 |
Kansas City MO-KS |
0.56 |
0.76 |
35.7% |
|
14 |
Dallas TX |
0.77 |
1.04 |
35.1% |
|
15 |
Cleveland OH |
0.75 |
1.01 |
34.7% |
|
16 |
Baltimore MD |
0.78 |
1.05 |
34.6% |
|
17 |
Washington DC-MD-VA |
0.99 |
1.33 |
34.3% |
|
18 |
Cincinnati OH-KY |
0.81 |
1.08 |
33.3% |
|
19 |
Milwaukee WI |
0.76 |
1.01 |
32.9% |
|
20 |
Miami-Hialeah FL |
0.97 |
1.26 |
29.9% |
|
21 |
San Francisco-Oakland CA |
1.04 |
1.33 |
27.9% |
|
22 |
St. Louis MO-IL |
0.81 |
1.03 |
27.2% |
|
23 |
San Antonio TX |
0.73 |
0.92 |
26.0% |
|
24 |
Fort Worth TX |
0.73 |
0.91 |
24.7% |
|
25 |
Detroit MI |
0.98 |
1.18 |
20.4% |
|
26 |
Phoenix AZ |
0.94 |
1.13 |
20.2% |
|
27 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY |
0.60 |
0.72 |
20.0% |
|
28 |
Seattle-Everett WA |
1.05 |
1.26 |
20.0% |
|
29 |
New York NY-Northeastern NJ |
0.94 |
1.11 |
18.1% |
|
30 |
New Orleans LA |
0.89 |
0.99 |
11.2% |
|
31 |
Los Angeles CA |
1.39 |
1.51 |
8.6% |
|
32 |
Philadelphia PA-NJ |
0.98 |
1.05 |
7.1% |
|
33 |
Pittsburgh PA |
0.72 |
0.76 |
5.6% |
|
34 |
Houston TX |
1.09 |
1.07 |
-1.8% |
Source: Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute data
1982 is first year of data series |
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