USA Urban Areas:
Daily Vehicle Travel Per Capita &
Traffic Intensity: 2005

Table 1: ALPHABETICAL            
Urban Area Daily Vehicle Miles: 2005 (1,000,000) Population Estimate: 2005 (1,000) Estimated Daily Vehicle Miles per Capita Rank Estimated Vehicle Miles per Urban Square Mile (000) Rank
Atlanta 128.4 4,050 31.7 1 56,500 34
Austin 21.1 1,050 20.1 34 57,000 33
Baltimore 52.5 2,080 25.3 12 76,800 17
Boston 94.2 4,050 23.3 22 54,100 35
Chicago 170.9 8,620 19.8 35 77,600 14
Cincinnati 40.1 1,550 25.9 9 58,000 32
Cleveland 38.6 1,770 21.8 32 60,300 31
Columbus 31.1 1,200 25.9 8 73,800 21
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 119.6 4,670 25.6 11 75,500 18
Denver-Aurora 52.4 2,170 24.2 18 95,200 5
Detroit 104.1 3,930 26.5 7 82,000 10
Houston 97.8 4,280 22.8 24 67,400 27
Indianapolis 30.6 1,310 23.3 21 51,500 38
Kansas City 44.4 1,440 30.8 3 71,800 22
Las Vegas 30.5 1,630 18.7 36 86,100 8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 279.0 12,320 22.6 26 160,100 1
Memphis 27.0 1,020 26.5 6 64,400 30
Miami 132.9 5,330 24.9 15 109,900 4
Milwaukee 33.9 1,320 25.7 10 69,100 25
Minneapolis-St. Paul 63.5 2,530 25.1 14 67,000 28
New Orleans 15.3 1,010 15.2 39 77,400 15
New York-Newark 299.7 18,210 16.5 38 87,400 6
Orlando 42.4 1,360 31.2 2 79,700 13
Philadelphia 106.6 5,720 18.6 37 53,300 36
Phoenix 77.3 3,460 22.3 29 81,200 12
Pittsburgh 38.7 1,720 22.5 28 46,300 39
Portland 35.1 1,720 20.4 33 68,200 26
Providence 26.7 1,200 22.3 30 52,000 37
Riverside-San Bernardino 42.9 1,810 23.7 20 81,300 11
Sacramento 35.2 1,580 22.3 31 84,100 9
San Antonio 33.7 1,470 22.9 23 74,600 19
San Diego 70.4 2,790 25.2 13 86,300 7
San Francisco-Oakland 73.3 3,251 22.5 27 138,100 3
San Jose 37.0 1,555 23.8 19 140,800 2
Seattle 70.0 2,850 24.5 16 69,800 24
St. Louis 63.6 2,140 29.7 4 74,500 20
Tampa-St. Petersburg 63.2 2,280 27.7 5 71,200 23
Virginia Beach 35.7 1,460 24.4 17 64,600 29
Washington 97.0 4,280 22.7 25 77,100 16
Average     23.8   77,500  
             
Methodology            
Federal Highway Administration Daily Vehicle Miles Divided by Urban Area Population  
Urban Area Population estimated based upon percentage change in corresponding metropolitan area population 2000-2005: Base: 2000 Census
Vehicle miles per square mile assumes 2000 population density        
             
Table 2: RANKED BY DAILY TRAVEL PER CAPITA        
Urban Area Daily Vehicle Miles: 2005 (1,000,000) Population Estimate: 2005 (1,000) Estimated Daily Vehicle Miles per Capita Rank Estimated Vehicle Miles per Urban Square Mile (000) Rank
Atlanta 128.4 4,050 31.7 1 56,500 34
Orlando 42.4 1,360 31.2 2 79,700 13
Kansas City 44.4 1,440 30.8 3 71,800 22
St. Louis 63.6 2,140 29.7 4 74,500 20
Tampa-St. Petersburg 63.2 2,280 27.7 5 71,200 23
Memphis 27.0 1,020 26.5 6 64,400 30
Detroit 104.1 3,930 26.5 7 82,000 10
Columbus 31.1 1,200 25.9 8 73,800 21
Cincinnati 40.1 1,550 25.9 9 58,000 32
Milwaukee 33.9 1,320 25.7 10 69,100 25
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 119.6 4,670 25.6 11 75,500 18
Baltimore 52.5 2,080 25.3 12 76,800 17
San Diego 70.4 2,790 25.2 13 86,300 7
Minneapolis-St. Paul 63.5 2,530 25.1 14 67,000 28
Miami 132.9 5,330 24.9 15 109,900 4
Seattle 70.0 2,850 24.5 16 69,800 24
Virginia Beach 35.7 1,460 24.4 17 64,600 29
Denver-Aurora 52.4 2,170 24.2 18 95,200 5
San Jose 37.0 1,555 23.8 19 140,800 2
Riverside-San Bernardino 42.9 1,810 23.7 20 81,300 11
Indianapolis 30.6 1,310 23.3 21 51,500 38
Boston 94.2 4,050 23.3 22 54,100 35
San Antonio 33.7 1,470 22.9 23 74,600 19
Houston 97.8 4,280 22.8 24 67,400 27
Washington 97.0 4,280 22.7 25 77,100 16
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 279.0 12,320 22.6 26 160,100 1
San Francisco-Oakland 73.3 3,251 22.5 27 138,100 3
Pittsburgh 38.7 1,720 22.5 28 46,300 39
Phoenix 77.3 3,460 22.3 29 81,200 12
Providence 26.7 1,200 22.3 30 52,000 37
Sacramento 35.2 1,580 22.3 31 84,100 9
Cleveland 38.6 1,770 21.8 32 60,300 31
Portland 35.1 1,720 20.4 33 68,200 26
Austin 21.1 1,050 20.1 34 57,000 33
Chicago 170.9 8,620 19.8 35 77,600 14
Las Vegas 30.5 1,630 18.7 36 86,100 8
Philadelphia 106.6 5,720 18.6 37 53,300 36
New York-Newark 299.7 18,210 16.5 38 87,400 6
New Orleans 15.3 1,010 15.2 39 77,400 15
Average     23.8   77,500  
             
Table 3: RANKED BY TRAFFIC INTENSITY          
Urban Area Daily Vehicle Miles: 2005 (1,000,000) Population Estimate: 2005 (1,000) Estimated Daily Vehicle Miles per Capita Rank Estimated Vehicle Miles per Urban Square Mile (000) Rank
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 279.0 12,320 22.6 26 160,100 1
San Jose 37.0 1,555 23.8 19 140,800 2
San Francisco-Oakland 73.3 3,251 22.5 27 138,100 3
Miami 132.9 5,330 24.9 15 109,900 4
Denver-Aurora 52.4 2,170 24.2 18 95,200 5
New York-Newark 299.7 18,210 16.5 38 87,400 6
San Diego 70.4 2,790 25.2 13 86,300 7
Las Vegas 30.5 1,630 18.7 36 86,100 8
Sacramento 35.2 1,580 22.3 31 84,100 9
Detroit 104.1 3,930 26.5 7 82,000 10
Riverside-San Bernardino 42.9 1,810 23.7 20 81,300 11
Phoenix 77.3 3,460 22.3 29 81,200 12
Orlando 42.4 1,360 31.2 2 79,700 13
Chicago 170.9 8,620 19.8 35 77,600 14
New Orleans 15.3 1,010 15.2 39 77,400 15
Washington 97.0 4,280 22.7 25 77,100 16
Baltimore 52.5 2,080 25.3 12 76,800 17
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 119.6 4,670 25.6 11 75,500 18
San Antonio 33.7 1,470 22.9 23 74,600 19
St. Louis 63.6 2,140 29.7 4 74,500 20
Columbus 31.1 1,200 25.9 8 73,800 21
Kansas City 44.4 1,440 30.8 3 71,800 22
Tampa-St. Petersburg 63.2 2,280 27.7 5 71,200 23
Seattle 70.0 2,850 24.5 16 69,800 24
Milwaukee 33.9 1,320 25.7 10 69,100 25
Portland 35.1 1,720 20.4 33 68,200 26
Houston 97.8 4,280 22.8 24 67,400 27
Minneapolis-St. Paul 63.5 2,530 25.1 14 67,000 28
Virginia Beach 35.7 1,460 24.4 17 64,600 29
Memphis 27.0 1,020 26.5 6 64,400 30
Cleveland 38.6 1,770 21.8 32 60,300 31
Cincinnati 40.1 1,550 25.9 9 58,000 32
Austin 21.1 1,050 20.1 34 57,000 33
Atlanta 128.4 4,050 31.7 1 56,500 34
Boston 94.2 4,050 23.3 22 54,100 35
Philadelphia 106.6 5,720 18.6 37 53,300 36
Providence 26.7 1,200 22.3 30 52,000 37
Indianapolis 30.6 1,310 23.3 21 51,500 38
Pittsburgh 38.7 1,720 22.5 28 46,300 39
Average     23.8   77,500  

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