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Table 4-27: Annual Wasted Fuel Due to Congestion^a

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Population group	Urban area	Gallons wasted (millions)														Percent change Short-term 1996-2001		Percent change Long term 1982-2001
Population group	Urban area	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Medium	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	50	24	NM	NM
Medium	Albuquerque, NM	2	4	6	6	7	9	12	14	17	20	21	23	^R17	17	0	59	750	23
Small	Anchorage, AK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Atlanta, GA	16	28	42	41	48	67	97	111	125	138	156	144	^R167	174	39	36	988	19
Medium	Austin, TX	3	7	8	10	10	12	15	17	22	29	25	30	35	38	73	13	1,167	12
Small	Bakersfield, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	50	24	NM	NM
Large	Baltimore, MD	11	18	49	49	45	50	57	61	65	69	64	67	75	85	31	43	673	26
Small	Beaumont, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	NM	NM	NM	NM
Medium	Birmingham, AL	2	3	5	5	6	7	10	10	12	13	15	15	17	17	42	34	750	23
Very large	Boston, MA	40	54	90	88	95	102	111	111	115	122	123	130	136	139	21	46	248	51
Small	Boulder, CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Small	Brownsville, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	2	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	80	8	350	37
Small	Charleston, SC	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	50	24	350	37
Medium	Charlotte, NC	2	5	7	10	11	11	11	12	13	17	18	20	24	24	85	7	1,100	14
Very large	Chicago, IL-Northwestern, IN	^R73	^R125	^R208	^R212	^R220	^R225	^R213	^R244	^R318	^R299	^R327	^R325	^R328	340	7	54	366	36
Large	Cincinnati, OH-KY	3	6	15	15	18	19	27	26	31	38	39	40	44	46	48	29	1,433	8
Large	Cleveland, OH	2	2	9	10	12	16	19	27	^R32	38	30	31	29	24	-25	68	1,100	14
Small	Colorado Springs, CO	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	5	5	7	8	9	9	80	8	NM	NM
Large	Columbus, OH	2	4	13	13	16	19	23	26	28	33	33	36	31	30	7	53	1,400	9
Small	Corpus Christi, TX	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	NM	NM	NM	NM
Very large	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	24	59	93	100	117	129	124	137	^R140	^R149	175	^R246	^R229	230	64	17	858	22
Large	Denver, CO	16	20	31	32	38	48	51	64	74	84	92	96	105	114	54	21	613	29
Very large	Detroit, MI	40	46	127	134	177	215	176	168	168	174	176	171	166	175	4	58	338	41
Medium	El Paso, TX-NM	0	0	2	2	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	7	10	13	225	1	NM	NM
Small	Eugene-Springfield, OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL	6	^R6	^R17	^R19	^R23	^R27	^R25	^R29	^R34	^R40	^R41	^R49	^R62	70	106	3	1,067	18
Small	Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	100	4	NM	NM
Medium	Fresno, CA	2	2	6	6	5	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	10	8	60	18	300	46
Medium	Hartford-Middletown, CT	3	7	7	8	9	7	6	6	7	8	9	11	12	12	71	15	300	46
Medium	Honolulu, HI	^R4	6	^R14	^R14	^R15	^R15	^R15	^R15	^R15	^R14	^R15	^R15	^R12	12	-20	67	200	53
Very large	Houston, TX	78	132	^R112	^R86	^R87	^R108	^R118	^R125	^R136	^R168	^R161	^R197	^R197	206	51	23	164	55
Large	Indianapolis, IN	2	3	6	^R9	12	21	28	32	38	41	33	32	35	40	5	56	1,900	4
Medium	Jacksonville, FL	4	5	11	13	17	17	19	24	24	25	21	21	^R22	23	-4	64	475	33
Large	Kansas City, MO-KS	1	3	7	6	8	^R14	17	15	^R20	^R21	^R23	^R27	^R24	24	20	47	2,300	2
Small	Laredo, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Las Vegas, NV	2	4	13	15	14	14	18	19	23	26	29	31	34	32	39	37	1,500	6
Very large	Los Angeles, CA	^R309	^R413	^R913	^R906	^R910	^R918	^R846	^R902	^R997	^R971	^R1,036	^R1,023	^R1,040	996	0	63	222	52
Medium	Louisville, KY-IN	5	6	7	10	13	16	21	17	24	26	27	31	31	26	8	52	420	34
Medium	Memphis, TN-AR-MS	2	2	7	8	10	11	14	17	17	21	21	22	25	27	59	19	1,250	11
Large	Miami-Hialeah, FL	24	31	62	64	85	83	88	86	88	95	92	95	^R116	115	31	44	379	35
Large	Milwaukee, WI	5	7	12	13	15	19	19	24	25	26	29	32	^R35	33	32	42	560	30
Large	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	5	10	29	31	39	51	56	63	65	90	94	104	108	116	78	10	2,220	3
Medium	Nashville, TN	^R6	6	9	7	7	10	13	15	17	19	18	22	24	24	41	35	300	46
Large	New Orleans, LA	7	9	12	13	13	13	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	-5	65	171	54
Very large	New York, NY-Northeastern, NJ	157	180	472	355	348	362	431	484	^R487	^R528	^R563	^R625	^R650	696	43	33	343	39
Large	Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach, VA	9	14	20	18	20	20	25	27	31	31	35	^R35	^R27	33	6	55	267	50
Large	Oklahoma City, OK	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	7	8	10	12	14	11	12	50	24	1,100	14
Medium	Omaha, NE-IA	1	2	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	11	11	12	50	24	1,100	14
Large	Orlando, FL	6	11	16	23	25	29	31	32	36	40	47	47	58	62	72	14	933	20
Small	Pensacola, FL	0	0	2	^R2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	59	NM	NM
Very large	Philadelphia, PA-NJ	31	40	61	76	78	75	82	91	94	98	112	116	115	126	34	40	306	44
Large	Phoenix, AZ	17	^R22	^R45	^R52	^R59	^R61	^R64	^R60	^R76	^R87	^R82	105	115	127	67	16	647	28
Large	Pittsburgh, PA	11	^R13	18	18	18	17	17	21	21	21	22	24	20	22	5	57	100	56
Large	Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA	5	6	17	18	25	31	32	36	43	48	49	53	57	62	44	31	1,140	13
Medium	Providence-Pawtucket, RI-MA	2	6	12	10	10	13	15	16	20	17	22	26	29	31	55	20	1,450	7
Medium	^Richmond, VA	0	2	5	4	4	6	7	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	9	51	NM	NM
Medium	^Rochester, NY	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	59	NM	NM
Large	Sacramento, CA	6	10	27	29	26	28	33	30	37	34	36	38	46	46	24	45	667	27
Small	Salem, OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	100	4	NM	NM
Medium	Salt Lake City, UT	1	2	6	7	8	9	12	13	13	12	12	13	^R16	19	46	30	1,800	5
Large	San Antonio, TX	6	12	12	12	13	12	12	20	20	22	28	38	42	38	90	6	533	32
Large	San Bernardino-Riverside, CA	6	12	^R40	^R50	^R53	^R53	^R45	^R50	^R54	^R57	^R66	^R65	^R73	82	52	22	1,267	10
Large	San Diego, CA	12	^R22	^R65	^R60	^R63	^R61	^R62	^R63	^R66	^R78	^R75	^R92	^R107	116	76	12	867	21
Very large	San Francisco-Oakland, CA	67	130	220	175	170	179	158	198	201	186	213	223	^R262	271	35	38	304	45
Large	San Jose, CA	22	45	93	82	65	61	61	67	67	^R62	72	83	89	90	34	39	309	43
Large	Seattle-Everett, WA	^R17	^R31	^R75	^R96	^R112	^R102	^R105	^R109	^R120	^R128	^R125	^R131	^R105	110	-8	66	547	31
Small	Spokane, WA	0	0	0	^R0	^R0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	59	NM	NM
Large	St. Louis, MO-IL	17	25	29	27	32	43	50	^R55	56	61	63	66	^R73	64	14	50	276	49
Medium	Tacoma, WA	2	2	8	8	^R8	11	12	12	12	12	12	16	14	16	33	41	700	25
Large	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	17	21	37	44	46	53	62	61	61	59	58	63	62	72	18	48	324	42
Medium	Tucson, AZ	0	2	4	6	6	6	6	7	9	11	12	12	12	16	78	11	NM	NM
Medium	Tulsa, OK	0	2	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	7	8	11	11	120	2	NM	NM
Large	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL	1	3	^R9	12	^R14	^R14	20	20	23	22	^R25	^R29	^R31	33	43	32	3,200	1
Very large	Washington, DC-MD-VA	46	67	^R110	^R119	^R131	^R141	^R147	^R158	^R173	^R172	^R197	^R206	^R193	203	17	49	341	40
	75-Area Average	16	^R23	^R45	^R44	^R46	^R49	^R51	^R55	^R60	^R63	^R66	^R71	^R74	76	27		375
	Very Large Area Average	^R87	^R125	^R241	^R225	^R233	^R245	^R241	^R262	^R283	^R287	^R308	^R326	^R332	338	19		289
	Large Area Average	9	^R13	28	29	32	35	39	42	46	^R51	^R53	56	^R60	63	37		600
	Medium Area Average	2	3	^R6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	14	16	17	18	38		800
	Small Area Average	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	91		2,000

KEY: NM = not meaningful; R = revised.

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.

NOTES

"Wasted" fuel is the difference between the fuel consumed under estimated existing conditions and the fuel consumed if all traffic was moving at free-flow conditions. 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 cities shown represent the 50 largest metropolitan areas, as well as others chosen by the states sponsoring the study.

Percent changes for area averages were calculated before rounding.

SOURCE

1982-2001: Texas Transportation Institute, The 2003 Annual Urban Mobility Study Report (College Station, TX: 2003) from Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Oct. 31, 2003.

Table 4-27: Annual Wasted Fuel Due to Congestiona

Table 4-27: Annual Wasted Fuel Due to Congestion^a