Table 1-65: Annual Roadway Congestion Index,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Population group,Urban area,1982,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,Points change,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Short-term 1998-2003,,Long-term 1982-2003,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Points,Ranka,Points,Ranka,, Medium,"Akron, OH",0.54,0.59,0.73,0.73,0.74,0.79,0.82,0.81,0.85,0.88,0.90,0.90,0.90,0.90,0.88,0.89,-1,79,35,34,, Medium,"Albany-Schenectady, NY",0.46,0.51,0.68,0.67,0.69,0.71,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.75,0.75,0.77,0.78,0.80,0.81,0.81,6,37,35,34,, Medium,"Albuquerque, NM",0.62,0.69,0.85,0.84,0.87,0.91,0.97,1.00,1.05,1.06,1.08,(R) 1.05,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.00,(R) 0.98,0.95,-13,85,33,38,, Medium,"Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ",0.65,0.71,0.83,0.86,0.87,0.90,0.91,0.93,0.98,0.99,(R) 0.99,(R) 0.99,(R) 0.98,(R) 0.95,(R) 0.93,0.92,-7,83,27,63,, Small,"Anchorage, AK",0.58,0.63,0.62,0.62,0.60,0.59,0.61,0.60,0.59,0.59,0.62,0.61,0.62,0.65,0.67,0.67,5,44,9,82,, Very large,"Atlanta, GA",0.77,0.93,0.98,0.97,0.99,1.05,1.13,1.13,1.17,1.24,1.28,1.27,1.34,(R) 1.35,(R) 1.36,1.36,8,23,59,3,, Medium,"Austin, TX",0.73,0.81,0.90,0.90,0.88,0.88,0.90,0.94,0.97,1.01,1.03,1.07,1.12,1.16,(R) 1.16,1.15,12,10,42,17,, Small,"Bakersfield, CA",0.54,0.56,0.64,0.67,0.70,0.68,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.75,0.76,0.78,0.76,0.77,0.77,0.76,0,77,22,70,, Large,"Baltimore, MD",0.75,0.80,0.95,0.95,0.97,0.97,1.00,1.03,1.03,1.05,1.06,1.07,1.10,1.14,1.20,1.22,16,4,47,11,, Small,"Beaumont, TX",0.65,0.72,0.74,0.78,0.83,0.82,0.78,0.80,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.86,0.84,0.86,0.89,0.89,4,51,24,68,, Medium,"Birmingham, AL",0.69,0.70,0.78,0.77,0.78,0.81,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.93,0.96,0.98,0.99,1.00,1.00,1.01,5,44,32,42,, Very large,"Boston, MA-NH-RI",(R) 0.87,(R) 0.97,(R) 1.10,(R) 1.10,(R) 1.12,(R) 1.10,(R) 1.11,(R) 1.12,(R) 1.13,(R) 1.14,(R) 1.16,(R) 1.15,(R) 1.16,(R) 1.17,(R) 1.16,1.17,1,70,30,50,, Small,"Boulder, CO",0.55,0.59,0.65,0.66,0.70,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.76,0.81,(R) 0.79,(R) 0.81,(R) 0.85,(R) 0.82,(R) 0.85,0.83,4,51,28,58,, Medium,"Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY",0.78,0.91,1.01,0.98,1.02,1.02,1.03,1.05,1.05,1.08,1.11,1.12,1.14,1.17,1.20,1.19,8,23,41,19,, Small,"Brownsville, TX",0.54,0.54,0.62,0.62,0.64,0.68,0.69,0.70,0.71,0.73,0.76,0.78,0.83,(R) 0.83,0.84,0.82,6,37,28,58,, Large,"Buffalo, NY",0.53,0.55,0.60,0.62,0.64,0.66,0.68,0.67,0.66,0.68,0.70,0.72,0.76,0.75,0.76,0.78,8,23,25,66,, Small,"Cape Coral, FL",0.83,0.87,0.95,0.95,0.93,0.90,0.90,0.90,0.92,0.94,0.94,0.95,0.96,0.95,1.01,1.03,9,15,20,75,, Small,"Charleston-North Charleston, SC",0.85,0.88,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.94,0.95,0.93,0.92,0.93,0.97,0.98,0.98,0.95,0.97,1.01,4,51,16,78,, Medium,"Charlotte, NC-SC",0.86,1.02,1.05,1.04,0.98,0.94,0.94,0.95,1.01,1.07,1.09,1.14,1.15,1.17,1.18,1.16,7,33,30,50,, Very large,"Chicago, IL-IN",0.95,1.02,1.18,1.19,1.17,1.17,1.17,1.22,1.27,1.27,1.31,1.32,1.33,1.34,1.38,1.39,8,23,44,15,, Large,"Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN",0.70,0.78,0.92,0.90,0.91,0.95,1.00,1.00,1.04,1.09,(R) 1.09,(R) 1.09,(R) 1.09,(R) 1.06,(R) 1.08,1.07,-2,82,37,28,, Large,"Cleveland, OH",0.68,0.65,0.83,0.83,0.85,0.89,0.91,0.92,0.94,0.96,0.98,0.98,0.97,0.94,0.92,0.90,-8,84,22,70,, Small,"Colorado Springs, CO",0.50,0.60,0.62,0.61,0.64,0.66,0.68,0.73,0.76,(R) 0.80,0.83,(R) 0.86,(R) 0.90,(R) 0.91,(R) 0.90,0.91,8,23,41,19,, Small,"Columbia, SC",0.55,0.62,0.70,0.69,0.72,0.72,0.73,0.75,0.74,0.77,0.79,0.81,(R) 0.86,0.83,0.85,0.87,8,23,32,42,, Large,"Columbus, OH",0.63,0.68,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.92,0.94,0.97,1.00,1.02,(R) 1.03,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.01,(R) 1.07,(R) 1.07,1.09,6,37,46,13,, Small,"Corpus Christi, TX",0.57,0.65,0.67,0.66,0.67,0.65,0.64,0.64,0.66,0.70,0.70,0.71,0.70,0.71,0.71,0.71,1,70,14,80,, Very large,"Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington, TX",0.73,0.86,0.96,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.96,0.96,0.98,(R) 1.03,(R) 1.06,(R) 1.08,(R) 1.12,(R) 1.14,(R) 1.15,1.19,13,9,46,13,, Medium,"Dayton, OH",0.65,0.63,0.74,0.74,0.74,0.79,0.72,0.84,0.88,0.89,(R) 0.89,(R) 0.88,(R) 0.86,(R) 0.87,(R) 0.88,0.90,1,70,25,66,, Large,"Denver-Aurora, CO",0.82,0.86,0.92,0.93,0.97,0.99,1.02,1.07,1.12,1.14,1.18,1.20,(R) 1.21,(R) 1.24,(R) 1.20,1.21,3,60,39,23,, Very large,"Detroit, MI",0.89,0.91,1.08,1.09,1.16,1.19,1.15,1.16,1.18,1.18,1.18,1.20,(R) 1.22,1.24,(R) 1.25,1.27,9,15,38,24,, Medium,"El Paso, TX-NM",0.62,0.70,0.73,0.78,0.82,0.83,0.85,0.85,0.84,0.86,0.91,0.94,0.98,(R) 1.00,(R) 0.98,0.99,8,23,37,28,, Small,"Eugene, OR",0.53,0.58,0.68,0.69,0.70,0.74,0.75,0.78,0.82,0.84,0.87,0.91,0.94,0.92,0.91,0.96,9,15,43,16,, Medium,"Fresno, CA",0.67,0.65,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.85,0.85,0.87,0.89,0.92,0.96,0.98,1.00,0.97,0.96,0.95,-1,79,28,58,, Medium,"Grand Rapids, MI",0.57,0.58,0.69,0.74,0.81,0.87,0.86,0.85,0.88,(R) 0.91,(R) 0.95,0.94,(R) 0.94,(R) 0.93,(R) 0.94,0.95,0,77,38,24,, Medium,"Hartford, CT",0.61,0.67,0.75,0.79,0.92,0.83,0.83,0.84,0.85,0.87,0.89,0.89,0.93,0.95,0.96,0.95,6,37,34,37,, Medium,"Honolulu, HI",0.79,0.84,1.03,1.03,1.04,1.05,1.07,1.08,1.07,1.06,1.06,1.06,1.04,1.04,1.03,1.05,-1,79,26,65,, Very large,"Houston, TX",1.03,1.11,1.04,1.00,(R) 0.98,(R) 1.00,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.05,(R) 1.07,(R) 1.10,(R) 1.13,(R) 1.17,1.17,(R) 1.25,(R) 1.33,1.33,20,3,30,50,, Large,"Indianapolis, IN",0.64,0.69,0.83,0.85,0.91,0.96,1.05,1.12,1.13,1.16,1.14,1.13,1.16,1.16,1.13,1.15,1,70,51,9,, Medium,"Jacksonville, FL",0.75,0.81,0.94,0.96,0.98,1.00,1.02,1.04,1.02,1.01,1.01,1.00,1.03,1.02,1.03,1.05,4,51,30,50,, Large,"Kansas City, MO-KS",0.53,0.62,0.66,0.64,0.65,0.72,0.72,0.74,0.77,0.78,0.79,0.81,0.83,0.84,0.84,0.84,5,44,31,47,, Small,"Laredo, TX",0.55,0.56,0.56,0.57,0.56,0.54,0.54,0.53,0.56,0.60,0.63,0.63,0.63,0.65,0.65,0.67,4,51,12,81,, Large,"Las Vegas, NV",0.69,0.78,1.06,1.09,1.10,1.15,1.13,1.12,1.12,1.11,1.13,1.18,1.23,1.20,(R) 1.24,1.27,14,7,58,4,, Small,"Little Rock, AR",0.51,0.59,0.68,0.73,0.71,0.72,0.76,0.78,0.81,0.81,0.85,0.88,0.86,0.89,0.86,0.87,2,64,36,31,, Very large,"Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA",1.29,1.31,1.59,1.58,1.56,1.54,1.50,1.52,1.56,1.54,(R) 1.55,(R) 1.55,(R) 1.56,(R) 1.57,1.57,1.57,2,64,28,58,, Medium,"Louisville, KY-IN",0.78,0.78,0.80,0.84,0.89,0.93,0.97,0.99,1.01,1.05,1.08,(R) 1.08,(R) 1.08,(R) 1.09,1.12,1.14,6,37,36,31,, Medium,"Memphis, TN-MS-AR",0.71,0.70,0.88,0.88,0.89,0.89,0.94,0.96,0.98,(R) 0.97,(R) 0.98,(R) 0.97,(R) 0.99,(R) 1.01,(R) 1.02,1.02,4,51,31,47,, Very Large,"Miami, FL",0.77,0.82,1.01,1.03,1.08,1.09,1.11,1.13,1.13,1.15,1.17,1.21,1.26,1.27,1.29,1.31,14,7,54,8,, Large,"Milwaukee, WI",0.71,0.80,0.93,0.94,0.93,0.89,0.91,0.94,0.99,1.01,1.02,(R) 1.05,(R) 1.06,(R) 1.04,(R) 1.03,1.04,2,64,33,38,, Large,"Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN",0.66,0.76,0.89,0.91,0.93,0.98,1.04,1.06,1.08,1.13,1.18,1.20,1.22,1.25,1.22,1.23,5,44,57,5,, Medium,"Nashville-Davidson, TN",0.83,0.82,0.85,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.90,(R) 0.94,(R) 0.94,0.96,(R) 0.95,(R) 0.96,(R) 0.99,(R) 0.99,(R) 1.00,1.01,6,37,18,76,, Medium,"New Haven, CT",0.70,0.73,0.86,0.85,0.86,0.86,0.85,0.84,0.84,0.89,0.92,0.95,0.97,1.00,1.03,1.02,10,14,32,42,, Large,"New Orleans, LA",0.92,0.97,0.94,0.96,0.95,0.94,0.99,0.99,0.96,0.97,1.00,0.99,0.97,0.97,1.02,1.01,1,70,9,82,, Very large,"New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT",0.77,0.86,0.99,0.99,0.99,1.01,1.02,1.04,1.06,1.09,1.11,1.14,1.15,1.15,1.16,1.17,6,37,40,22,, Large,"Oklahoma City, OK",0.65,0.71,0.73,0.74,0.74,0.78,0.77,0.82,0.84,0.85,0.86,0.89,0.88,0.87,0.89,0.89,3,60,24,68,, Medium,"Omaha, NE-IA",0.62,0.70,0.75,0.76,0.79,0.80,0.80,0.81,0.84,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.90,0.92,0.95,0.95,8,23,33,38,, Large,"Orlando, FL",0.82,0.93,0.95,0.97,0.97,0.97,0.96,0.97,1.00,1.03,1.05,1.07,1.11,1.14,1.13,1.14,9,15,32,42,, Medium,"Oxnard-Ventura, CA",0.74,0.89,1.05,1.05,1.06,1.08,1.15,1.16,1.17,1.18,1.19,1.23,1.25,1.29,1.29,1.31,12,10,57,5,, Small,"Pensacola, FL-AL",0.61,0.69,0.84,0.85,0.86,0.87,0.87,0.88,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.88,0.92,0.91,0.91,0.90,3,60,29,56,, Very large,"Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD",0.81,0.84,0.96,0.96,0.95,0.94,0.95,(R) 0.99,(R) 1.00,(R) 1.04,(R) 1.06,(R) 1.07,(R) 1.08,1.10,1.11,1.11,5,44,30,50,, Very large,"Phoenix, AZ",0.95,0.98,1.01,1.03,1.06,1.05,1.04,1.08,1.14,1.12,1.16,1.21,1.27,1.29,(R) 1.26,1.23,7,33,28,58,, Large,"Pittsburgh, PA",0.70,0.73,0.75,0.75,0.74,0.74,0.74,0.76,0.76,0.76,(R) 0.77,0.78,0.77,0.78,0.78,0.79,2,64,9,82,, Large,"Portland, OR-WA",0.81,0.90,1.02,1.03,1.07,1.10,1.12,1.15,1.20,1.22,1.22,1.24,1.26,(R) 1.26,1.28,1.29,7,33,48,10,, Large,"Providence, RI-MA",0.64,0.66,0.83,0.82,0.81,0.82,0.83,0.83,0.85,0.84,0.88,(R) 0.89,(R) 0.91,(R) 0.92,(R) 0.92,0.93,5,44,29,56,, Medium,"Raleigh-Durham, NC",0.60,0.74,0.85,0.85,0.90,0.88,0.91,0.94,0.93,0.95,0.95,0.95,0.98,1.01,(R) 1.00,1.02,7,33,42,17,, Medium,"Richmond, VA",0.60,0.56,0.79,0.82,0.84,0.86,0.88,0.91,0.89,0.84,0.80,0.77,0.77,(R) 0.77,0.79,0.82,2,64,22,70,, Large,"Riverside-San Bernardino, CA",0.78,0.90,1.14,1.16,1.15,1.14,1.12,1.16,1.18,1.16,1.20,1.25,1.26,1.29,(R) 1.35,1.41,21,1,63,1,, Medium,"Rochester, NY",0.51,0.57,0.69,0.70,0.72,0.72,0.74,0.77,0.77,0.76,0.77,0.78,0.80,0.80,0.80,0.81,4,51,30,50,, Large,"Sacramento, CA",0.76,0.88,1.05,1.05,1.07,1.09,1.12,1.12,1.17,1.14,(R) 1.20,(R) 1.23,(R) 1.27,(R) 1.30,(R) 1.33,1.36,16,4,60,2,, Small,"Salem, OR",0.56,0.64,0.79,0.81,0.79,0.79,0.79,0.77,0.79,0.82,0.86,0.85,0.87,(R) 0.89,0.91,0.94,8,23,38,24,, Medium,"Salt Lake City, UT",0.66,0.71,0.84,0.89,0.91,0.94,1.00,1.04,1.04,1.01,1.01,1.00,1.04,(R) 1.07,1.12,1.13,12,10,47,11,, Large,"San Antonio, TX",0.69,0.78,0.74,0.74,0.77,0.78,0.81,0.87,0.89,0.92,0.97,1.03,1.05,1.04,1.06,1.06,9,15,37,28,, Large,"San Diego, CA",0.79,0.90,1.19,1.18,1.18,1.16,1.16,1.17,1.17,1.18,1.20,1.25,1.32,1.35,(R) 1.34,1.36,16,4,57,5,, Very large,"San Francisco-Oakland, CA",1.06,1.17,1.35,1.32,1.32,1.33,1.31,1.34,1.35,1.36,1.37,1.39,1.41,1.38,1.41,1.42,5,44,36,31,, Large,"San Jose, CA",1.07,1.13,1.24,1.25,1.22,1.18,1.15,1.13,1.11,1.11,1.13,1.19,1.34,1.36,1.35,1.34,21,1,27,63,, Medium,"Sarasota-Bradenton, FL",0.83,0.85,0.91,0.94,0.95,0.99,1.04,0.99,1.04,1.06,1.05,1.13,1.15,1.15,1.15,1.14,9,15,31,47,, Large,"Seattle, WA",0.83,0.90,1.10,1.12,1.14,1.16,1.17,1.17,1.17,1.20,1.21,1.23,(R) 1.23,(R) 1.24,1.24,1.24,3,60,41,19,, Small,"Spokane, WA",0.53,0.59,0.66,0.70,0.75,0.80,0.81,0.79,0.80,0.83,0.84,0.86,0.84,0.83,0.84,0.85,1,70,32,42,, Medium,"Springfield, MA-CT",0.62,0.65,0.71,0.69,0.69,0.73,0.74,0.76,0.75,0.76,0.80,0.82,0.83,0.81,0.84,0.84,4,51,22,70,, Large,"St. Louis, MO-IL",0.92,0.99,0.96,0.97,1.00,1.04,1.07,1.08,1.09,1.10,(R) 1.08,(R) 1.10,1.10,1.08,1.10,1.10,2,64,18,76,, Large,"Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL",1.07,1.12,1.10,1.13,1.14,1.17,1.16,1.16,1.14,1.11,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.16,1.21,1.23,12,10,16,78,, Medium,"Toledo, OH-MI",0.53,0.61,0.66,0.65,0.68,0.72,0.76,(R) 0.76,(R) 0.78,(R) 0.82,(R) 0.84,(R) 0.85,0.89,(R) 0.90,(R) 0.90,0.88,4,51,35,34,, Medium,"Tucson, AZ",0.78,0.76,0.89,0.93,0.93,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.97,1.00,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.04,(R) 1.07,1.09,1.11,9,15,33,38,, Medium,"Tulsa, OK",0.73,0.75,0.76,0.75,0.76,0.75,(R) 0.74,0.77,(R) 0.80,(R) 0.79,(R) 0.78,(R) 0.79,(R) 0.79,(R) 0.79,(R) 0.78,0.79,1,70,6,85,, Large,"Virginia Beach, VA",0.84,0.89,0.91,0.89,0.88,0.89,0.91,0.91,0.94,0.95,0.96,0.97,0.95,0.97,1.04,1.05,9,15,21,74,, Very large,"Washington, DC-VA-MD",0.99,1.13,1.16,1.14,1.17,1.16,1.22,1.24,1.26,1.27,1.29,1.29,1.30,1.34,1.36,1.37,8,23,38,24,, NA,85-Area Average,(R) 0.81,(R) 0.87,(R) 1.00,(R) 1.00,(R) 1.01,(R) 1.02,(R) 1.03,(R) 1.05,(R) 1.07,(R) 1.09,(R) 1.10,(R) 1.12,(R) 1.14,(R) 1.15,(R) 1.16,1.17,7,NA,36,NA,, NA,Very Large Area Average ,0.92,1.00,(R) 1.14,(R) 1.13,(R) 1.14,1.14,(R) 1.15,(R) 1.17,(R) 1.19,(R) 1.21,1.23,(R) 1.25,(R) 1.27,(R) 1.28,(R) 1.30,1.30,7,NA,38,NA,, NA,Large Area Average ,(R) 0.74,(R) 0.81,(R) 0.92,(R) 0.93,(R) 0.94,(R) 0.96,(R) 0.98,(R) 0.99,(R) 1.01,(R) 1.03,(R) 1.04,(R) 1.07,(R) 1.08,(R) 1.09,(R) 1.10,1.11,7,NA,37,NA,, NA,Medium Area Average ,(R) 0.66,(R) 0.70,(R) 0.82,(R) 0.83,(R) 0.85,(R) 0.86,(R) 0.88,0.90,0.92,(R) 0.93,(R) 0.94,(R) 0.95,(R) 0.96,(R) 0.97,(R) 0.98,0.99,5,NA,33,NA,, NA,Small Area Average ,(R) 0.58,(R) 0.63,(R) 0.70,(R) 0.71,(R) 0.73,(R) 0.73,(R) 0.74,(R) 0.75,(R) 0.76,(R) 0.78,(R) 0.80,(R) 0.82,(R) 0.83,(R) 0.83,(R) 0.84,0.85,5,NA,27,NA,, KEY: NA = not applicable; 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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a Rank is based on the calculated point change with the highest number corresponding to a rank of 1.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, NOTE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "The Roadway Congestion Index (RCI) is a measure of vehicle travel density on major roadways in an urban area. An RCI exceeding 1.0 indicates an undesirable congestion level, on an average, on the freeways and principal arterial street systems during the peak period. 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 2005 Annual Urban Mobility Report (College Station, TX: 2005), Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of June 10, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,