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Table 4-28: Annual Wasted Fuel Per Person

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Urban Area	Population group	Gallons wasted																		Percent change^a Short-term 2000-2005		Percent change^a Long term 1982-2005
Urban Area	Population group	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Akron OH	Med	1	2	4	4	5	6	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	7	-22.2	82	600.0	11
Albany-Schenectady NY	Med	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	42.9	3	400.0	20
Albuquerque NM	Med	6	8	13	13	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	22	19	18	17	17	19	21	10.5	41	250.0	45
Allentown-Bethlehem PA-NJ	Med	5	6	7	7	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	0.0	55	180.0	56
Anchorage AK	Sml	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	-16.7	77	-16.7	85
Atlanta GA	Vlg	16	23	28	31	34	39	44	47	50	52	54	53	52	51	50	47	46	44	-15.4	76	175.0	59
Austin TX	Med	8	12	15	16	15	16	19	22	25	26	25	27	28	31	29	30	31	33	17.9	30	312.5	38
Bakersfield CA	Sml	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	60.0	1	700.0	5
Baltimore MD	Lrg	7	11	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	23	22	23	23	25	30	31	31	32	39.1	9	357.1	28
Beaumont TX	Sml	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	40.0	7	250.0	45
Birmingham AL	Med	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	22	15.8	35	340.0	33
Boston MA-NH-RI	Vlg	7	10	17	17	19	19	20	20	20	22	23	24	24	25	27	27	30	31	29.2	17	342.9	31
Boulder CO	Sml	4	5	6	6	7	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	-10.0	71	125.0	68
Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY	Med	6	10	13	13	15	15	16	18	17	20	22	23	23	23	25	24	23	24	4.3	50	300.0	39
Brownsville TX	Sml	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0.0	55	300.0	39
Buffalo NY	Lrg	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	16.7	31	250.0	45
Cape Coral FL	Sml	5	5	7	8	9	11	13	15	16	15	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	16.7	31	180.0	56
Charleston-North Charleston SC	Sml	9	11	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	19	5.6	49	111.1	70
Charlotte NC-SC	Med	7	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	20	22	25	28	29	30	30	31	31	10.7	40	342.9	31
Chicago IL-IN	Vlg	9	13	20	20	20	20	20	22	25	24	25	25	24	24	28	29	30	32	33.3	12	255.6	44
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN	Lrg	3	5	12	12	14	16	18	18	18	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	-5.0	67	533.3	13
Cleveland OH	Lrg	2	2	5	6	6	8	9	10	11	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	10	9	-18.2	78	350.0	29
Colorado Springs CO	Sml	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	10	11	13	15	15	15	14	13	16	6.7	47	700.0	5
Columbia SC	Sml	2	4	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11.1	38	400.0	20
Columbus OH	Lrg	3	4	12	12	13	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	18	20	20	21	24	24	33.3	12	700.0	5
Corpus Christi TX	Sml	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	20.0	25	100.0	73
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX	Vlg	7	11	17	19	19	21	21	22	22	23	25	28	28	28	29	31	35	40	42.9	3	471.4	16
Dayton OH	Med	6	7	11	11	11	13	11	14	13	14	14	15	14	12	11	11	13	11	-21.4	81	83.3	80
Denver-Aurora CO	Lrg	10	12	14	16	17	20	21	24	26	28	29	31	32	31	29	29	30	33	3.1	53	230.0	52
Detroit MI	Vlg	15	18	29	31	34	35	33	32	33	34	34	35	34	35	37	37	36	35	2.9	54	133.3	67
El Paso TX-NM	Med	2	2	4	5	6	6	8	7	6	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	15	16	45.5	2	700.0	5
Eugene OR	Sml	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	8	0.0	55	166.7	60
Fresno CA	Med	6	6	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	-20.0	80	100.0	73
Grand Rapids MI	Med	3	5	8	8	11	14	13	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	0.0	55	366.7	24
Hartford CT	Med	3	4	5	6	9	7	8	9	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	7.7	43	366.7	24
Honolulu HI	Med	8	10	16	15	17	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	13	15	15	16	14.3	36	100.0	73
Houston TX	Vlg	20	27	23	21	19	20	21	22	24	28	29	31	31	35	37	37	38	42	35.5	11	110.0	71
Indianapolis IN	Lrg	11	12	18	20	23	29	33	34	35	37	33	32	31	31	30	30	30	28	-9.7	70	154.5	62
Jacksonville FL	Med	9	12	18	18	21	22	23	25	26	24	23	22	22	21	24	25	27	26	18.2	29	188.9	54
Kansas City MO-KS	Lrg	2	3	7	6	7	10	10	10	12	13	13	15	13	13	12	12	11	10	-23.1	83	400.0	20
Laredo TX	Sml	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	20.0	25	500.0	14
Las Vegas NV	Lrg	6	7	16	18	18	20	22	23	23	22	23	24	22	23	24	25	26	27	22.7	19	350.0	29
Little Rock AR	Sml	2	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	9	10	9	11	8	9	12	11	22.2	20	450.0	17
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA	Vlg	31	36	64	60	58	54	51	53	53	53	53	54	53	54	55	53	55	57	7.5	44	83.9	79
Louisville KY-IN	Med	11	11	12	15	18	20	22	22	25	26	28	28	28	25	27	28	31	29	3.6	52	163.6	61
Memphis TN-MS-AR	Lrg	3	4	9	9	10	11	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	16	6.7	47	433.3	19
Miami FL	Vlg	9	11	21	20	23	22	23	24	24	25	26	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	16.7	31	288.9	41
Milwaukee WI	Lrg	4	6	11	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	-12.5	75	250.0	45
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN	Lrg	4	7	13	13	15	18	21	22	23	28	30	31	30	31	29	28	28	30	0.0	55	650.0	10
Nashville-Davidson TN	Med	12	12	18	17	16	16	21	22	22	24	21	22	23	23	25	26	26	25	8.7	42	108.3	72
New Haven CT	Med	3	4	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	10	12	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	0.0	55	366.7	24
New Orleans LA	Lrg	10	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	-8.3	69	10.0	84
New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT	Vlg	7	8	16	15	15	15	17	18	19	21	22	24	22	21	22	24	27	29	31.8	14	314.3	37
Oklahoma City OK	Med	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	11	12	13	14	15	14	15	16	14	14	13	-7.1	68	333.3	34
Omaha NE-IA	Med	3	4	8	8	11	10	11	11	12	11	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	7.1	45	400.0	20
Orlando FL	Lrg	10	17	30	32	32	31	32	33	35	38	40	40	39	41	38	36	36	35	-10.3	74	250.0	45
Oxnard-Ventura CA	Med	3	6	9	9	10	12	15	15	17	16	16	16	19	22	23	23	25	27	42.1	6	800.0	2
Pensacola FL-AL	Sml	3	3	6	6	7	8	8	9	11	12	11	12	12	11	12	13	14	14	16.7	31	366.7	24
Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD	Vlg	10	11	15	15	16	15	16	16	17	18	20	20	19	21	22	23	23	24	26.3	18	140.0	65
Phoenix AZ	Vlg	21	20	23	23	24	23	23	22	24	25	25	28	28	30	28	29	30	34	21.4	22	61.9	82
Pittsburgh PA	Lrg	6	7	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	-10.0	71	50.0	83
Portland OR-WA	Lrg	8	9	16	16	20	21	21	23	26	26	26	28	27	26	25	25	26	27	0.0	55	237.5	51
Providence RI-MA	Lrg	2	2	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	11	13	14	15	16	17	18	17	21.4	22	750.0	4
Raleigh-Durham NC	Med	4	7	14	13	13	14	16	16	17	19	18	19	19	20	22	21	22	23	21.1	24	475.0	15
Richmond VA	Med	4	4	7	8	9	9	11	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	13	30.0	15	225.0	53
Riverside-San Bernardino CA	Lrg	4	7	22	24	25	24	21	23	25	24	27	28	28	27	29	32	39	40	42.9	3	900.0	1
Rochester NY	Med	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	40.0	7	250.0	45
Sacramento CA	Lrg	8	12	25	25	23	22	24	24	26	23	24	25	25	26	26	27	30	30	20.0	25	275.0	42
Salem OR	Sml	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	0.0	55	700.0	5
Salt Lake City UT	Med	5	7	11	12	15	17	20	21	20	19	17	19	20	21	22	23	19	18	-10.0	71	260.0	43
San Antonio TX	Lrg	4	8	7	7	9	9	10	12	14	16	19	23	26	24	24	24	27	27	3.8	51	575.0	12
San Diego CA	Lrg	8	13	30	27	29	27	26	26	28	28	29	34	34	37	40	39	46	44	29.4	16	450.0	17
San Francisco-Oakland CA	Vlg	17	32	46	42	41	42	38	41	42	38	40	40	42	40	42	42	44	47	11.9	37	176.5	58
San Jose CA	Lrg	16	27	39	37	34	31	32	35	34	32	34	38	38	39	37	38	35	38	0.0	55	137.5	66
Sarasota-Bradenton FL	Med	8	12	10	11	10	12	11	11	13	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	7.1	45	87.5	77
Seattle WA	Vlg	8	14	33	34	35	36	36	36	36	38	37	36	34	32	31	32	32	34	0.0	55	325.0	36
Spokane WA	Sml	2	3	4	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	-28.6	85	150.0	63
Springfield MA-CT	Med	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	0.0	55	75.0	81
St. Louis MO-IL	Lrg	7	9	11	10	12	16	21	25	25	26	26	27	26	23	23	21	20	20	-23.1	83	185.7	55
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL	Lrg	15	16	20	23	23	24	24	25	24	23	24	24	23	25	27	28	29	28	21.7	21	86.7	78
Toledo OH-MI	Med	1	1	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	11	9	-18.2	78	800.0	2
Tucson AZ	Med	13	15	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	18	18	18	19	20	21	24	24	26	36.8	10	100.0	73
Tulsa OK	Med	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	0.0	55	120.0	69
Virginia Beach VA	Lrg	8	11	13	13	12	13	15	17	19	20	21	22	18	20	20	20	20	20	11.1	38	150.0	63
Washington DC-VA-MD	Vlg	10	18	27	29	33	34	35	36	39	38	36	38	36	39	40	42	43	43	19.4	28	330.0	35
437 Urban Area Average	All 437	9	12	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	23	24	24	24	25	26	13.0	NA	188.9	NA
85 Urban Area Average	All 85	10	13	22	22	22	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	30	31	14.8	NA	210.0	NA
Very Large Urban Area Average	Vlg	14	18	29	28	29	28	28	30	31	31	32	33	32	33	34	35	36	38	18.8	NA	171.4	NA
Large Urban Area Average	Lrg	7	7	9	9	10	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	24	26.3	NA	242.9	NA
Medium Urban Area Average	Med	5	7	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	12.5	NA	260.0	NA
Small Urban Area Average	Sml	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11.1	NA	233.3	NA

KEY: NA = not applicable; NM= not meaningful.

Very large urban areas - over 3 million population.

Large urban areas - over 1 million and less than 3 million population.

Medium urban areas - over 500,000 and less than 1 million population.

Small urban areas - less than 500,000 population.

^a Percent changes were calculated using the numbers in this table and were not obtained from the source. Rank is based on the calculated percent change with the highest number corresponding to a rank of 1.

NOTES

"Wasted" fuel is the difference between the fuel consumed under estimated existing conditions and the fuel consumed under free-flow conditions. Previous editions of this table were calculated on the basis of total fuel consumed during congested trips. Calculations are made for peak period speeds and for free-flow speeds on both the freeway and principal arterial systems. For a more detailed description of the formulas used, see the source document.

The urban areas included are those containing over 500,000 people and several smaller places mostly chosen by previous sponsors of the Texas Transportation Institute study on mobility.

SOURCE

Texas Transportation Institute, The 2007 Annual Urban Mobility Report (College Station, TX: 2007), Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Dec 5, 2007