Lane Miles per Capita 1999:
US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000

Also see:
Traffic Volumes & Highway Capacity
Daily Travel & Highway Capacity per Capita

Rank Urban Area Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 Population Compared to Maximum Freeway Equivalent Lane Miles per 1,000 Populatoin Rank Compared to Maximum
1 Kansas City MO-KS 1.241 0.0% 1.530 1 0.0%
2 Fort Worth TX 0.894 -27.9% 1.371 2 -10.4%
3 Dallas TX 0.885 -28.7% 1.291 3 -15.6%
4 St. Louis MO-IL 0.883 -28.9% 1.286 4 -15.9%
5 San Antonio TX 0.867 -30.1% 1.135 6 -25.8%
6 Atlanta GA 0.799 -35.6% 1.085 10 -29.0%
7 Columbus OH 0.795 -35.9% 1.006 12 -34.2%
8 Houston TX 0.783 -36.9% 1.108 9 -27.5%
9 Cincinnati OH-KY 0.758 -38.9% 0.994 13 -35.0%
10 Indianapolis IN 0.714 -42.4% 1.130 8 -26.2%
11 Oklahoma City OK 0.702 -43.4% 1.074 11 -29.8%
12 Baltimore MD 0.681 -45.2% 0.923 18 -39.6%
13 San Jose CA 0.677 -45.5% 0.939 16 -38.6%
14 Cleveland OH 0.670 -46.0% 0.891 21 -41.8%
15 Pittsburgh PA 0.668 -46.2% 0.986 14 -35.5%
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 0.665 -46.4% 0.871 22 -43.0%
17 San Diego CA 0.659 -46.9% 0.915 19 -40.2%
18 Seattle-Everett WA 0.652 -47.5% 0.932 17 -39.1%
19 Norfolk VA 0.631 -49.1% 0.870 23 -43.2%
20 Orlando FL 0.629 -49.3% 1.132 7 -26.0%
21 San Bernardino-Riverside CA 0.626 -49.5% 1.189 5 -22.3%
22 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 0.591 -52.4% 0.944 15 -38.3%
23 San Francisco-Oakland CA 0.580 -53.3% 0.771 31 -49.6%
24 Denver CO 0.556 -55.2% 0.897 20 -41.4%
25 Washington DC-MD-VA 0.533 -57.1% 0.785 30 -48.7%
26 Sacramento CA 0.496 -60.0% 0.816 27 -46.6%
27 Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL 0.490 -60.5% 0.834 26 -45.5%
28 Milwaukee WI 0.486 -60.8% 0.857 24 -44.0%
29 Portland-Vancouver OR-WA 0.473 -61.9% 0.704 33 -54.0%
30 Detroit MI 0.449 -63.8% 0.845 25 -44.8%
31 Boston MA 0.432 -65.2% 0.682 35 -55.4%
32 Los Angeles CA 0.419 -66.2% 0.736 32 -51.9%
33 New York NY-Northeastern NJ 0.401 -67.7% 0.564 38 -63.1%
34 Philadelphia PA-NJ 0.377 -69.7% 0.627 36 -59.0%
35 New Orleans LA 0.376 -69.7% 0.699 34 -54.3%
36 Phoenix AZ 0.373 -70.0% 0.806 29 -47.3%
37 Miami-Hialeah FL 0.357 -71.2% 0.811 28 -47.0%
38 Chicago IL-Northwestern IN 0.329 -73.5% 0.585 37 -61.7%
39 Las Vegas NV 0.317 -74.4% 0.459 39 -70.0%
  Average 0.613 -50.6% 0.925   -39.5%
             
  Source: Calculated from 1999 Texas Transportation Institute data.    
  Freeway equivalent miles includes freeway miles plus a conversion of arterial street (signalized street) miles at their capacity ratio relative to freeway lane miles.

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