Per Capita Vehicle Miles: 1990-1999:
US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000 Population

Rank Urbanized Area 1990 1999 Change
1 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 16.2 20.9 28.5%
2 St. Louis MO-IL 23.1 29.1 26.1%
3 Indianapolis IN 22.3 27.8 24.6%
4 Fort Worth TX 23.4 28.7 22.8%
5 Kansas City MO-KS 23.7 28.9 22.0%
6 Cincinnati OH-KY 21.1 25.5 20.9%
7 Houston TX 24.9 30.0 20.8%
8 Denver CO 18.3 22.1 20.6%
9 Atlanta GA 29.1 35.1 20.6%
10 Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 16.4 19.7 19.7%
11 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 16.0 18.9 18.1%
12 Orlando FL 22.0 26.0 17.9%
13 San Antonio TX 21.6 25.2 16.6%
14 Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 19.1 22.2 15.8%
15 Dallas TX 25.2 29.1 15.7%
16 Norfolk VA 21.9 25.1 14.7%
17 Boston MA 17.4 19.7 13.5%
18 Washington DC-MD-VA 20.8 23.4 12.7%
19 Columbus OH 21.6 24.3 12.4%
20 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 21.5 24.1 12.4%
21 Cleveland OH 18.4 20.7 12.2%
22 Baltimore MD 18.3 20.4 11.8%
23 Philadelphia PA-NJ 15.0 16.7 10.9%
24 Detroit MI 20.1 22.1 10.1%
25 New York NY-Northeastern NJ 14.2 15.6 10.1%
26 Pittsburgh PA 18.2 20.0 9.8%
27 Seattle-Everett WA 23.6 25.4 7.4%
28 Las Vegas NV 15.8 16.9 7.3%
29 Milwaukee WI 23.3 25.0 7.3%
30 San Bernardino-Riverside CA 21.4 22.4 4.7%
31 San Francisco-Oakland CA 20.9 21.1 0.9%
32 Miami-Hialeah FL 18.1 18.3 0.9%
33 Phoenix AZ 20.9 20.7 -0.9%
34 Los Angeles CA 22.0 21.7 -1.2%
35 Oklahoma City OK 25.2 24.2 -4.2%
36 San Jose CA 23.0 22.0 -4.4%
37 New Orleans LA 14.6 13.9 -4.5%
38 San Diego CA 22.5 21.3 -5.1%
39 Sacramento CA 21.6 20.2 -6.1%
Source: Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute data.    

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