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Table 4-28: Annual Wasted Fuel Per Person

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Population group	Urban area	Gallons wasted																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	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	-20	82	NM	NM
Medium	Albany-Schenectady, NY	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	33	21	300	47
Medium	Albuquerque, NM	1	3	5	5	6	7	8	10	11	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	-25	84	800	12
Medium	Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	20	38	200	57
Small	Anchorage, AK	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	58	0	77
Very large	Atlanta, GA	3	6	7	7	8	10	15	16	17	19	20	19	21	21	22	24	20	38	700	15
Medium	Austin, TX	3	4	6	7	6	7	9	11	12	13	12	14	14	16	16	16	33	21	433	33
Small	Bakersfield, CA	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	58	NM	NM
Large	Baltimore, MD	2	4	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	13	16	17	55	7	750	14
Small	Beaumont, TX	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	33	21	300	47
Medium	Birmingham, AL	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	25	33	400	34
Very large	Boston, MA-NH-RI	4	6	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	25	33	275	53
Small	Boulder, CO	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	50	8	200	57
Medium	Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY	2	3	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	30	29	550	20
Small	Brownsville, TX	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	58	NM	NM
Large	Buffalo, NY	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	50	8	200	57
Small	Cape Coral, FL	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	25	33	400	34
Small	Charleston-North Charleston, SC	3	4	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	14	50	167	69
Medium	Charlotte, NC-SC	3	4	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	11	11	12	14	14	15	15	36	19	400	34
Very large	Chicago, IL-IN	4	6	9	10	10	11	10	12	14	14	15	15	14	15	18	19	27	31	375	42
Large	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	1	2	5	5	6	6	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	52	900	9
Large	Cleveland, OH	0	1	2	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	-33	85	NM	NM
Small	Colorado Springs, CO	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	33	21	700	15
Small	Columbia, SC	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	50	8	200	57
Large	Columbus, OH	1	1	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	0	58	900	9
Small	Corpus Christi, TX	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	58	100	73
Very large	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	3	6	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	19	27	31	533	21
Medium	Dayton, OH	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	-20	82	300	47
Large	Denver-Aurora, CO	4	5	7	8	9	11	11	13	15	16	18	18	19	20	18	18	0	58	350	44
Very large	Detroit, MI	4	4	11	12	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	18	20	38	350	44
Medium	El Paso, TX-NM	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	100	2	500	22
Small	Eugene, OR	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	50	8	200	57
Medium	Fresno, CA	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	0	58	150	71
Medium	Grand Rapids, MI	1	1	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	-14	79	500	22
Medium	Hartford, CT	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	20	38	500	22
Medium	Honolulu, HI	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	-14	79	100	73
Very large	Houston, TX	10	15	12	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	17	17	19	21	22	38	15	120	72
Large	Indianapolis, IN	1	1	2	3	5	8	11	12	14	15	13	13	13	14	13	14	8	56	1,300	2
Medium	Jacksonville, FL	2	2	6	6	8	8	9	11	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	11	38	15	450	29
Large	Kansas City, MO-KS	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	20	38	500	22
Small	Laredo, TX	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	58	NM	NM
Large	Las Vegas, NV	2	3	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	11	38	15	450	29
Small	Little Rock, AR	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	33	21	300	47
Very large	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	12	14	31	30	30	29	27	29	31	31	33	32	31	32	33	33	0	58	175	67
Medium	Louisville, KY-IN	3	3	3	4	5	7	7	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	17	45	367	43
Medium	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	1	1	3	3	4	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	25	33	900	9
Very Large	Miami, FL	3	4	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	31	28	467	27
Large	Milwaukee, WI	1	2	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	0	58	700	15
Large	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	1	2	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	7	57	1,400	1
Medium	Nashville-Davidson, TN	4	4	6	5	5	6	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	54	175	67
Medium	New Haven, CT	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	7	8	8	7	40	14	600	18
Large	New Orleans, LA	2	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	0	58	200	57
Very large	New York, Newark, NY-NJ-CT	2	3	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	54	450	29
Large	Oklahoma City, OK	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	0	58	300	47
Medium	Omaha, NE-IA	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	17	45	600	18
Large	Orlando, FL	3	5	7	9	9	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	16	17	17	18	20	38	500	22
Medium	Oxnard-Ventura, CA	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	7	8	8	10	12	12	12	50	8	1,100	4
Small	Pensacola, FL-AL	1	1	3	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	0	58	400	34
Very large	Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3	4	6	6	7	6	7	8	9	9	11	11	10	12	12	11	0	58	267	55
Very large	Phoenix, AZ	4	5	9	10	11	11	11	10	12	13	12	14	15	16	14	15	25	33	275	53
Large	Pittsburgh, PA	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	58	100	73
Large	Portland, OR-WA	1	2	5	6	8	9	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	0	58	1,200	3
Large	Providence, RI-MA	1	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	9	80	3	800	12
Medium	Raleigh-Durham, NC	2	3	5	4	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	10	9	10	43	13	400	34
Medium	Richmond, VA	1	1	2	3	3	4	5	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	-17	81	400	34
Large	Riverside-San Bernardino, CA	2	5	14	15	16	15	14	15	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	21	17	45	950	7
Medium	Rochester, NY	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	58	NM	NM
Large	Sacramento, CA	3	4	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	36	19	400	34
Small	Salem, OR	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	67	6	400	34
Medium	Salt Lake City, UT	1	1	2	3	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	9	10	11	120	1	1,000	6
Large	San Antonio, TX	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	6	6	8	11	12	11	12	11	38	15	450	29
Large	San Diego, CA	2	4	12	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	15	16	16	20	21	75	4	950	7
Very large	San Francisco-Oakland, CA	8	14	21	18	17	18	17	19	19	18	20	21	23	23	24	23	15	49	188	65
Large	San Jose, CA	7	12	20	19	16	16	15	16	15	14	16	18	20	21	19	18	13	51	157	70
Medium	Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	6	20	38	100	73
Large	Seattle, WA	3	6	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	-6	78	467	27
Small	Spokane, WA	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	0	58	200	57
Medium	Springfield, MA-CT	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	58	0	77
Large	St. Louis, MO-IL	3	5	6	6	7	9	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	0	58	333	46
Large	Tampa-St Petersburg, FL	5	6	8	10	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	14	17	45	180	66
Medium	Toledo, OH-MI	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	33	21	NM	NM
Medium	Tucson, AZ	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	10	12	71	5	1,100	4
Medium	Tulsa, OK	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	33	21	300	47
Large	Virginia Beach, VA	3	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	7	9	9	29	30	200	57
Very large	Washington, DC-VA-MD	6	8	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	19	20	21	11	53	250	56
NA	85-Area Average	4	5	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	NA	275	NA
NA	Very Large Area Average	5	7	13	13	13	14	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	12	NA	280	NA
NA	Large Area Average	2	4	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	18	NA	550	NA
NA	Medium Area Average	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	14	NA	700	NA
NA	Small Area Average	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	33	NA	300	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 2005 Annual Urban Mobility Report (College Station, TX: 2005), Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of June 13, 2005.