BTS | Table 1-63: Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Person

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Table 1-63: Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Person

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Population group	Urban area	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Percent change^a Short-term 1998-2003		Percent change^a Long-term 1982-2003
Population group	Urban area	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Medium	Akron, OH	1	1	3	3	4	(R) 4	5	4	6	8	9	9	8	(R) 7	6	6	-33	82	500	29
Medium	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	(R) 1	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	40	12	600	20
Medium	Albuquerque, NM	2	4	8	8	10	11	14	18	20	23	25	(R) 24	(R) 18	(R) 17	15	16	-36	85	700	15
Medium	Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ	3	4	6	6	6	7	7	7	(R) 8	8	8	(R) 8	(R) 8	(R) 9	(R) 9	9	13	48	200	70
Small	Anchorage, AK	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	50	10	50	83
Very large	Atlanta, GA	6	10	11	11	12	17	23	26	30	31	33	29	31	(R) 31	32	34	3	58	467	39
Medium	Austin, TX	4	8	9	11	9	11	14	17	20	24	20	24	25	26	26	27	35	19	575	24
Small	Bakersfield, CA	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	33	20	300	59
Large	Baltimore, MD	4	6	15	15	13	14	16	17	18	19	18	18	19	21	26	27	50	10	575	24
Small	Beaumont, TX	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	33	20	300	59
Medium	Birmingham, AL	3	4	5	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	8	55	367	52
Very large	Boston, MA-NH-RI	(R) 6	(R) 10	(R) 15	(R) 16	19	(R) 18	(R) 18	(R) 16	(R) 17	(R) 19	(R) 20	(R) 19	(R) 20	(R) 21	(R) 24	25	25	33	317	58
Small	Boulder, CO	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	25	33	400	44
Medium	Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY	2	4	(R) 6	6	8	8	9	10	10	11	13	16	16	16	(R) 18	17	31	26	750	13
Small	Brownsville, TX	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	60	100	78
Large	Buffalo, NY	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	100	1	500	29
Small	Cape Coral, FL	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	14	46	700	15
Small	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	5	6	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	12	14	27	31	180	72
Medium	Charlotte, NC-SC	4	7	11	12	14	13	12	12	14	17	18	19	21	21	24	23	28	30	475	38
Very large	Chicago, IL-IN	6	11	17	18	18	18	17	20	26	24	26	26	25	26	29	31	19	41	417	43
Large	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	2	3	7	7	8	9	12	(R) 11	(R) 13	(R) 16	(R) 15	(R) 15	(R) 16	(R) 16	(R) 17	17	13	47	750	13
Large	Cleveland, OH	1	1	3	3	4	5	6	9	10	12	9	10	8	7	6	6	-33	82	500	29
Small	Colorado Springs, CO	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	6	6	8	(R) 11	(R) 13	(R) 15	(R) 16	(R) 15	14	27	31	1,300	4
Small	Columbia, SC	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	(R) 4	4	4	5	67	8	400	44
Large	Columbus, OH	2	2	8	8	10	11	(R) 13	(R) 14	(R) 16	19	(R) 18	(R) 19	(R) 16	(R) 15	15	16	-11	79	700	15
Small	Corpus Christi, TX	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	100	1	100	78
Very large	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	6	12	17	18	21	23	22	24	23	24	27	(R) 33	(R) 33	(R) 34	(R) 35	35	30	29	483	36
Medium	Dayton, OH	1	2	3	4	4	5	(R) 5	(R) 8	(R) 9	(R) 10	(R) 9	(R) 10	(R) 9	(R) 8	(R) 7	6	-33	82	500	29
Large	Denver-Aurora, CO	7	8	12	13	15	18	19	23	26	29	32	32	34	35	(R) 31	31	-3	72	343	54
Very large	Detroit, MI	7	7	20	21	28	(R) 33	28	26	26	27	27	26	24	26	27	30	11	50	329	56
Medium	El Paso, TX-NM	1	1	2	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	8	9	11	10	10	100	1	900	6
Small	Eugene, OR	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	5	5	5	25	33	400	44
Medium	Fresno, CA	3	3	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	7	8	10	10	8	8	7	-13	80	133	77
Medium	Grand Rapids, MI	2	2	4	5	6	8	8	7	8	(R) 9	11	11	10	(R) 9	(R) 10	10	-9	75	400	44
Medium	Hartford, CT	(R) 2	2	3	4	6	5	5	5	(R) 5	(R) 7	8	8	8	9	9	8	0	60	300	59
Medium	Honolulu, HI	4	6	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	10	11	10	11	-8	74	175	74
Very large	Houston, TX	19	33	23	17	17	(R) 20	(R) 23	25	(R) 27	(R) 31	29	35	31	(R) 34	(R) 37	36	24	38	89	82
Large	Indianapolis, IN	2	2	4	5	7	13	17	19	22	24	19	19	20	21	20	21	11	53	950	5
Medium	Jacksonville, FL	3	4	10	10	13	13	14	18	17	18	15	15	14	15	17	18	20	40	500	29
Large	Kansas City, MO-KS	1	2	3	3	4	6	8	6	8	9	9	11	9	9	8	9	0	60	800	10
Small	Laredo, TX	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	33	20	300	59
Large	Las Vegas, NV	3	5	12	13	11	10	13	13	14	16	16	17	17	15	(R) 16	16	0	60	433	42
Small	Little Rock, AR	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	(R) 3	5	(R) 5	5	6	5	5	0	60	400	44
Very large	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	19	24	53	51	51	51	46	49	54	52	56	55	(R) 53	(R) 51	(R) 52	50	-11	78	163	75
Medium	Louisville, KY-IN	4	5	5	7	9	12	14	13	17	19	19	21	20	(R) 19	(R) 21	22	16	44	450	40
Medium	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	1	2	5	6	7	7	9	11	11	13	13	13	(R) 15	16	(R) 17	18	38	15	1,700	2
Very large	Miami, FL	5	6	13	14	18	18	19	19	21	22	22	24	26	27	29	29	32	25	480	37
Large	Milwaukee, WI	2	3	5	6	7	9	9	(R) 12	12	12	13	(R) 14	14	13	(R) 13	13	0	60	550	27
Large	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	1	4	8	9	11	14	15	17	17	23	23	26	(R) 22	(R) 24	(R) 23	23	0	60	2,200	1
Medium	Nashville-Davidson, TN	6	7	9	8	7	10	12	14	(R) 16	18	16	(R) 18	20	(R) 18	(R) 21	20	25	33	233	66
Medium	New Haven, CT	2	2	(R) 3	4	5	5	5	5	4	6	9	11	12	(R) 13	(R) 12	11	22	39	450	40
Large	New Orleans, LA	4	5	6	8	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	-9	75	150	76
Very large	New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT	6	7	18	(R) 14	13	14	16	18	18	20	21	23	21	22	23	23	10	54	283	63
Large	Oklahoma City, OK	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	8	6	6	7	7	17	43	600	20
Medium	Omaha, NE-IA	2	3	5	5	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	11	(R) 11	12	12	13	30	27	550	27
Large	Orlando, FL	5	9	11	16	17	19	19	19	21	24	27	26	(R) 30	(R) 31	(R) 30	30	11	50	500	29
Medium	Oxnard-Ventura, CA	2	5	8	7	7	7	10	11	12	10	(R) 11	12	15	17	17	18	64	9	800	10
Small	Pensacola, FL-AL	1	2	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	50	900	6
Very large	Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD	5	6	9	12	13	11	12	(R) 15	(R) 15	15	(R) 20	21	18	21	22	21	5	56	320	57
Very large	Phoenix, AZ	7	8	15	17	19	19	19	16	21	23	20	25	24	(R) 26	(R) 25	26	30	27	271	64
Large	Pittsburgh, PA	4	5	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	0	60	100	78
Large	Portland, OR-WA	3	3	8	9	11	14	14	16	18	19	20	21	20	(R) 21	(R) 21	20	0	60	567	26
Large	Providence, RI-MA	2	3	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	(R) 9	10	(R) 12	(R) 12	12	17	18	80	5	800	10
Medium	Raleigh-Durham, NC	3	5	(R) 8	7	9	10	11	11	11	12	(R) 11	11	12	16	14	15	36	18	400	44
Medium	Richmond, VA	2	2	4	5	6	6	8	12	(R) 13	(R) 11	(R) 10	10	7	7	8	9	-10	77	350	53
Large	Riverside-San Bernardino, CA	4	7	20	23	25	24	20	22	24	25	29	28	(R) 28	(R) 28	(R) 29	30	3	57	650	19
Medium	Rochester, NY	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	33	20	NM	NM
Large	Sacramento, CA	5	7	14	14	13	13	16	14	17	15	(R) 16	(R) 17	(R) 18	(R) 20	(R) 21	22	38	17	340	55
Small	Salem, OR	1	1	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	(R) 7	8	8	33	20	700	15
Medium	Salt Lake City, UT	1	2	4	5	6	7	9	9	8	7	8	9	10	14	(R) 16	16	100	1	1,500	3
Large	San Antonio, TX	3	7	6	6	7	6	5	10	10	10	13	19	21	19	19	18	38	15	500	29
Large	San Diego, CA	3	6	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	17	16	20	20	(R) 22	(R) 27	28	75	6	833	9
Very large	San Francisco-Oakland, CA	12	24	36	28	26	28	24	31	31	28	32	34	(R) 36	(R) 37	(R) 38	37	16	45	208	69
Large	San Jose, CA	10	21	43	35	26	25	24	26	25	23	26	31	(R) 32	32	29	29	12	49	190	71
Medium	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	10	9	9	(R) 10	10	25	33	100	78
Large	Seattle, WA	5	9	22	24	(R) 25	25	25	(R) 27	29	(R) 30	(R) 30	(R) 30	(R) 26	25	(R) 26	25	-17	81	400	44
Small	Spokane, WA	1	2	2	3	3	5	6	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	0	60	400	44
Medium	Springfield, MA-CT	3	3	4	3	4	(R) 3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	0	60	33	84
Large	St. Louis, MO-IL	6	8	9	9	11	15	16	18	18	20	(R) 20	(R) 21	(R) 22	(R) 19	(R) 21	19	-5	73	217	67
Large	Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	8	9	14	17	18	20	23	23	22	21	21	22	20	23	23	25	19	42	213	68
Medium	Toledo, OH-MI	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	(R) 7	7	7	7	40	12	600	20
Medium	Tucson, AZ	2	2	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	11	(R) 11	(R) 11	11	13	(R) 16	19	73	7	850	8
Medium	Tulsa, OK	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	(R) 5	6	(R) 7	7	7	7	40	12	600	20
Large	Virginia Beach, VA	5	7	9	8	9	8	10	11	12	12	14	14	10	12	(R) 14	14	0	60	180	72
Very large	Washington, DC-VA-MD	10	14	21	22	24	(R) 25	26	28	(R) 30	(R) 29	(R) 33	(R) 34	(R) 31	(R) 32	33	34	3	58	240	65
NA	85-Area Average	(R) 6	9	17	16	17	18	18	20	21	22	23	(R) 24	(R) 23	(R) 24	(R) 25	25	9	NA	317	NA
NA	Very Large Area Average	9	13	(R) 24	(R) 22	24	(R) 24	24	26	28	28	(R) 30	(R) 31	(R) 30	(R) 30	(R) 32	32	7	NA	256	NA
NA	Large Area Average	4	6	(R) 11	12	(R) 12	(R) 13	(R) 14	(R) 15	(R) 16	(R) 18	(R) 18	(R) 19	(R) 19	(R) 19	20	18	0	NA	350	NA
NA	Medium Area Average	2	3	(R) 5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	(R) 12	(R) 12	(R) 13	13	18	NA	550	NA
NA	Small Area Average	2	2	(R) 3	4	4	4	4	(R) 4	(R) 4	5	6	6	(R) 7	(R) 7	7	7	17	NA	289	NA

KEY: NA = not applicable; 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.

^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.

NOTE

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 7, 2005.