USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand Urban Areas:
Freeway Access and Capacity

ESTIMATES AT 2005.07.20        
         
TABLES:        
Ranked by Urban Access (Freeway Miles)      
Ranked by Urban Capacity (Lane Miles)      
Data        
         
RANKED BY URBAN ACCESS      
Urban Area Urban Access: Freeway Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank Urban Capacity: Freeway Lane-Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank
Montreal 0.424 1 2.380 4
San Antonio TX 0.416 2 2.108 6
Baltimore MD 0.371 3 1.987 7
Kansas City MO-KS 0.365 4 1.694 9
Toronto 0.348 5 2.666 1
San Diego 0.335 6 2.416 3
San Jose CA 0.323 7 2.295 5
Los Angeles 0.310 8 2.571 2
Cleveland OH 0.287 9 1.618 11
St. Louis MO-IL 0.282 10 1.559 17
New Orleans LA 0.275 11 1.133 32
Columbus OH 0.273 12 1.592 14
San Francisco 0.270 13 1.913 8
Portland OR-WA 0.268 14 1.430 21
Dallas-Fort Worth 0.268 15 1.605 13
Denver-Aurora CO 0.267 16 1.333 24
Houston 0.263 17 1.367 23
Indianapolis IN 0.260 18 1.460 19
New York 0.255 19 1.502 18
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 0.255 20 1.277 26
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 0.251 21 1.611 12
Pittsburgh PA 0.249 22 1.042 37
Washington 0.249 23 1.563 16
Sacramento CA 0.244 24 1.651 10
Buffalo NY 0.240 25 1.103 36
Seattle 0.237 26 1.396 22
Orlando FL 0.237 27 1.147 30
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 0.236 28 1.318 25
Milwaukee WI 0.231 29 1.197 28
Detroit 0.229 30 1.436 20
Providence RI-MA 0.228 31 1.125 35
Las Vegas NV 0.223 32 1.590 15
Oklahoma City OK 0.206 33 1.129 33
Philadelphia 0.199 34 1.013 38
Boston 0.197 35 1.129 34
Miami 0.188 36 1.146 31
Virginia Beach VA 0.184 37 0.940 41
Auckland 0.179 38 0.781 42
Chicago 0.171 39 0.957 40
Phoenix 0.168 40 1.162 29
Melbourne 0.166 41 0.987 39
Vancouver 0.165 42 0.676 43
Atlanta 0.164 43 1.249 27
Sydney 0.140 44 0.618 44
Brisbane 0.120 45 0.489 46
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 0.094 46 0.502 45
Perth 0.064 47 0.312 47
Adelaide 0.023 48 0.109 48
         
RANKED BY URBAN CAPACITY      
Urban Area Urban Access: Freeway Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank Urban Capacity: Freeway Lane-Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank
Toronto 0.348 5 2.666 1
Los Angeles 0.310 8 2.571 2
San Diego 0.335 6 2.416 3
Montreal 0.424 1 2.380 4
San Jose CA 0.323 7 2.295 5
San Antonio TX 0.416 2 2.108 6
Baltimore MD 0.371 3 1.987 7
San Francisco 0.270 13 1.913 8
Kansas City MO-KS 0.365 4 1.694 9
Sacramento CA 0.244 24 1.651 10
Cleveland OH 0.287 9 1.618 11
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 0.251 21 1.611 12
Dallas-Fort Worth 0.268 15 1.605 13
Columbus OH 0.273 12 1.592 14
Las Vegas NV 0.223 32 1.590 15
Washington 0.249 23 1.563 16
St. Louis MO-IL 0.282 10 1.559 17
New York 0.255 19 1.502 18
Indianapolis IN 0.260 18 1.460 19
Detroit 0.229 30 1.436 20
Portland OR-WA 0.268 14 1.430 21
Seattle 0.237 26 1.396 22
Houston 0.263 17 1.367 23
Denver-Aurora CO 0.267 16 1.333 24
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 0.236 28 1.318 25
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 0.255 20 1.277 26
Atlanta 0.164 43 1.249 27
Milwaukee WI 0.231 29 1.197 28
Phoenix 0.168 40 1.162 29
Orlando FL 0.237 27 1.147 30
Miami 0.188 36 1.146 31
New Orleans LA 0.275 11 1.133 32
Oklahoma City OK 0.206 33 1.129 33
Boston 0.197 35 1.129 34
Providence RI-MA 0.228 31 1.125 35
Buffalo NY 0.240 25 1.103 36
Pittsburgh PA 0.249 22 1.042 37
Philadelphia 0.199 34 1.013 38
Melbourne 0.166 41 0.987 39
Chicago 0.171 39 0.957 40
Virginia Beach VA 0.184 37 0.940 41
Auckland 0.179 38 0.781 42
Vancouver 0.165 42 0.676 43
Sydney 0.140 44 0.618 44
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 0.094 46 0.502 45
Brisbane 0.120 45 0.489 46
Perth 0.064 47 0.312 47
Adelaide 0.023 48 0.109 48
         
DATA        
Urban Area Population (000) Land Area (Square Miles) Freeway Route Miles Lane Miles
Adelaide 1,000 350 8 38
Atlanta 3,500 1,830 300 2,285
Auckland 1,023 205 37 160
Baltimore MD 2,310 770 286 1,530
Boston 3,990 2,100 414 2,370
Brisbane 1,450 740 89 362
Buffalo NY 1,130 580 139 640
Chicago 8,125 2,785 475 2,665
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 1,605 880 208 1,160
Cleveland OH 1,880 850 244 1,375
Columbus OH 1,190 600 164 955
Dallas-Fort Worth 4,300 1,935 518 3,105
Denver-Aurora CO 2,050 855 228 1,140
Detroit 4,050 1,330 304 1,910
Houston 3,750 1,800 473 2,460
Indianapolis IN 1,035 500 130 730
Kansas City MO-KS 1,500 1,045 381 1,770
Las Vegas NV 1,360 305 68 485
Los Angeles 12,500 2,275 705 5,850
Melbourne 3,050 760 126 750
Miami 5,100 1,680 316 1,925
Milwaukee WI 1,450 585 135 700
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 2,475 1,245 318 1,590
Montreal 3,216 671 284 1,597
New Orleans LA 1,095 375 103 425
New York 17,700 4,775 1,220 7,170
Oklahoma City OK 1,090 695 143 785
Orlando FL 1,260 680 161 780
Perth 1,300 670 43 209
Philadelphia 5,285 2,270 451 2,300
Phoenix 3,005 1,140 192 1,325
Pittsburgh PA 1,795 1,200 299 1,250
Portland OR-WA 1,670 500 134 715
Providence RI-MA 1,230 800 182 900
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1,670 565 142 910
Sacramento CA 1,655 430 105 710
San Antonio TX 1,330 510 212 1,075
San Diego 2,870 770 258 1,860
San Francisco 4,125 1,265 342 2,420
San Jose CA 1,675 390 126 895
Seattle 2,900 1,250 296 1,745
St. Louis MO-IL 2,075 1,145 323 1,785
Sydney 3,500 600 84 371
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 2,050 1,345 127 675
Toronto 4,367 639 222 1,703
Vancouver 1,830 432 71 292
Virginia Beach VA 1,535 1,000 184 940
Washington 4,270 1,305 325 2,040
         
NOTES        
Freeway: A roadway with two or more lanes in each direction with no at-grade cross-traffic (a freeway may or may not be tolled). Also called an autoroute or motorway.
Urban area: Area of continuous urban development (includes continuous suburban development)
Urban areas with more than 1,000,000 population. International urban area data from Demographia World Urban Areas.
US data from Federal Highway Administration and Texas Transportation Institute (this data does not necessarily correspond with Census Bureau data). Atlanta population estimate from Demographia.
A one-way freeway (such as the Southwest Freeway in Adelaide) is counted as 0.5 miles per route mile.
International freeway data estimated by Demographia (The Public Purpose) using maps and satellite images.
2000-2003 data.        

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