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Rank |
Urbanized Area |
Daily Vehicle Miles per Freeway Lane Mile |
Rank |
Daily Vehicle Miles per Freeway Equivalent Lane Mile |
Rank |
Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 Population |
Rank |
Freeway Equivalent Lane Miles per 1,000 Populatoin |
Rank |
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1 |
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN |
59.8 |
1 |
33.6 |
2 |
0.329 |
38 |
0.585 |
37 |
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2 |
Phoenix AZ |
55.6 |
2 |
25.7 |
18 |
0.373 |
36 |
0.806 |
29 |
|
1 |
Las Vegas NV |
53.3 |
3 |
36.9 |
1 |
0.317 |
39 |
0.459 |
39 |
|
2 |
Los Angeles CA |
51.7 |
4 |
29.5 |
6 |
0.419 |
32 |
0.736 |
32 |
|
3 |
Milwaukee WI |
51.4 |
5 |
29.2 |
7 |
0.486 |
28 |
0.857 |
24 |
|
4 |
Miami-Hialeah FL |
51.2 |
6 |
22.5 |
30 |
0.357 |
37 |
0.811 |
28 |
|
5 |
Detroit MI |
49.2 |
7 |
26.1 |
17 |
0.449 |
30 |
0.845 |
25 |
|
6 |
Boston MA |
45.6 |
8 |
28.9 |
9 |
0.432 |
31 |
0.682 |
35 |
|
7 |
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL |
45.3 |
9 |
26.6 |
16 |
0.490 |
27 |
0.834 |
26 |
|
8 |
Philadelphia PA-NJ |
44.3 |
10 |
26.6 |
15 |
0.377 |
34 |
0.627 |
36 |
|
9 |
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA |
44.1 |
11 |
29.6 |
5 |
0.473 |
29 |
0.704 |
33 |
|
10 |
Atlanta GA |
44.0 |
12 |
32.4 |
3 |
0.799 |
6 |
1.085 |
10 |
|
11 |
Washington DC-MD-VA |
43.9 |
13 |
29.8 |
4 |
0.533 |
25 |
0.785 |
30 |
|
12 |
Orlando FL |
41.3 |
14 |
23.0 |
27 |
0.629 |
20 |
1.132 |
7 |
|
13 |
Sacramento CA |
40.8 |
15 |
24.8 |
20 |
0.496 |
26 |
0.816 |
27 |
|
14 |
Norfolk VA |
39.8 |
16 |
28.9 |
8 |
0.631 |
19 |
0.870 |
23 |
|
15 |
Denver CO |
39.7 |
17 |
24.6 |
21 |
0.556 |
24 |
0.897 |
20 |
|
16 |
New York NY-Northeastern NJ |
39.0 |
18 |
27.7 |
10 |
0.401 |
33 |
0.564 |
38 |
|
17 |
Indianapolis IN |
38.9 |
19 |
24.6 |
22 |
0.714 |
10 |
1.130 |
8 |
|
18 |
Seattle-Everett WA |
38.9 |
20 |
27.2 |
13 |
0.652 |
18 |
0.932 |
17 |
|
19 |
Houston TX |
38.4 |
21 |
27.1 |
14 |
0.783 |
8 |
1.108 |
9 |
|
20 |
New Orleans LA |
37.0 |
22 |
19.9 |
37 |
0.376 |
35 |
0.699 |
34 |
|
21 |
San Francisco-Oakland CA |
36.4 |
23 |
27.4 |
12 |
0.580 |
23 |
0.771 |
31 |
|
22 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN |
36.3 |
24 |
27.7 |
11 |
0.665 |
16 |
0.871 |
22 |
|
23 |
San Bernardino-Riverside CA |
35.8 |
25 |
18.9 |
39 |
0.626 |
21 |
1.189 |
5 |
|
24 |
Oklahoma City OK |
34.5 |
26 |
22.5 |
31 |
0.702 |
11 |
1.074 |
11 |
|
25 |
Cincinnati OH-KY |
33.7 |
27 |
25.7 |
19 |
0.758 |
9 |
0.994 |
13 |
|
26 |
St. Louis MO-IL |
33.0 |
28 |
22.7 |
28 |
0.883 |
4 |
1.286 |
4 |
|
27 |
Dallas TX |
32.9 |
29 |
22.6 |
29 |
0.885 |
3 |
1.291 |
3 |
|
28 |
San Jose CA |
32.5 |
30 |
23.4 |
24 |
0.677 |
13 |
0.939 |
16 |
|
29 |
San Diego CA |
32.4 |
31 |
23.3 |
25 |
0.659 |
17 |
0.915 |
19 |
|
30 |
Fort Worth TX |
32.1 |
32 |
21.0 |
34 |
0.894 |
2 |
1.371 |
2 |
|
31 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY |
31.9 |
33 |
20.0 |
36 |
0.591 |
22 |
0.944 |
15 |
|
32 |
Cleveland OH |
30.8 |
34 |
23.2 |
26 |
0.670 |
14 |
0.891 |
21 |
|
33 |
Columbus OH |
30.6 |
35 |
24.2 |
23 |
0.795 |
7 |
1.006 |
12 |
|
34 |
Baltimore MD |
30.0 |
36 |
22.1 |
33 |
0.681 |
12 |
0.923 |
18 |
|
35 |
Pittsburgh PA |
30.0 |
37 |
20.3 |
35 |
0.668 |
15 |
0.986 |
14 |
|
36 |
San Antonio TX |
29.1 |
38 |
22.2 |
32 |
0.867 |
5 |
1.135 |
6 |
|
37 |
Kansas City MO-KS |
23.3 |
39 |
18.9 |
38 |
1.241 |
1 |
1.530 |
1 |
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Source: Calculated from 1999 Texas Transportation Institute data. |
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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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Statistically significant relationship between higher per capital freeway lane miles and lower per freeway lane mile traffic (99% confidence level, R2=0.61) |
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Statistically significant relationship between higher per capital freeway equivalent lane miles and lower per freeway equivalent lane mile traffic (99% confidence level, R2=0.40) |
