US Urbanized Areas:
Traffic Congestion: 1990-1999

Metropolitan Area 1990 Travel Time Index Rank 1999 Travel Time Index Rank Change in Per Capita Travel Rank
Atlanta GA 1.26 25 1.63 10 29.4% 2
Baltimore MD 1.33 18 1.45 24 9.0% 22
Boston MA 1.45 13 1.71 4 17.9% 11
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1.07 37 1.11 39 3.7% 32
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 1.56 5 1.69 7 8.3% 25
Cincinnati OH-KY 1.24 26 1.47 21 18.5% 9
Cleveland OH 1.11 35 1.31 34 18.0% 10
Columbus OH 1.18 32 1.37 30 16.1% 13
Dallas TX 1.27 24 1.47 21 15.7% 14
Denver CO 1.28 22 1.61 11 25.8% 4
Detroit MI 1.46 11 1.59 13 8.9% 23
Fort Worth TX 1.19 30 1.34 31 12.6% 19
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 1.21 28 1.44 25 19.0% 7
Houston TX 1.50 9 1.61 11 7.3% 27
Indianapolis IN 1.12 34 1.43 27 27.7% 3
Kansas City MO-KS 1.06 39 1.20 37 13.2% 16
Las Vegas NV 1.48 10 1.57 16 6.1% 29
Los Angeles CA 2.07 1 2.06 1 -0.5% 38
Miami-Hialeah FL 1.53 8 1.58 14 3.3% 34
Milwaukee WI 1.24 26 1.40 29 12.9% 18
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 1.21 28 1.58 14 30.6% 1
New Orleans LA 1.36 16 1.31 34 -3.7% 39
New York NY-Northeastern NJ 1.46 11 1.70 6 16.4% 12
Norfolk VA 1.28 22 1.33 32 3.9% 31
Oklahoma City OK 1.07 37 1.21 36 13.1% 17
Orlando FL 1.32 19 1.42 28 7.6% 26
Philadelphia PA-NJ 1.29 21 1.44 25 11.6% 20
Phoenix AZ 1.31 20 1.50 19 14.5% 15
Pittsburgh PA 1.13 33 1.16 38 2.7% 35
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 1.34 17 1.65 8 23.1% 5
Sacramento CA 1.39 14 1.55 18 11.5% 21
San Antonio TX 1.11 35 1.32 33 18.9% 8
San Bernardino-Riverside CA 1.38 15 1.50 19 8.7% 24
San Diego CA 1.54 6 1.64 9 6.5% 28
San Francisco-Oakland CA 1.74 3 1.77 3 1.7% 36
San Jose CA 1.54 6 1.56 17 1.3% 37
Seattle-Everett WA 1.75 2 1.81 2 3.4% 33
St. Louis MO-IL 1.19 30 1.46 23 22.7% 6
Washington DC-MD-VA 1.63 4 1.71 4 4.9% 30
Urbanized Areas Over 1,000,000 Population            
Source: Texas Transportation Insitute            

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