Table 1-65:  Annual Roadway Congestion Index,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Population group,Urban area,1982,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,Points change,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Short-term             2000-2005,,Long-term            1982-2005,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Points,Ranka,Points,Ranka,,
Medium,"Akron, OH",0.50,0.54,0.68,0.69,0.71,0.76,0.79,0.78,0.81,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.86,0.85,0.85,0.86,0.89,0.87,1,62,37,29,,
Medium,"Albany-Schenectady, NY",0.42,0.45,0.57,0.58,0.62,0.63,0.64,0.64,0.67,0.69,0.70,0.71,0.73,0.75,0.76,0.78,0.81,0.81,8,15,39,22,,
Medium,"Albuquerque, NM",0.65,0.71,0.85,0.86,0.89,0.93,0.96,0.99,1.04,1.06,1.08,1.05,1.02,1.00,0.97,0.95,0.97,0.99,-3,78,34,38,,
Medium,"Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ",0.64,0.68,0.76,0.78,0.83,0.87,0.90,0.92,0.96,0.98,0.98,0.98,0.97,0.95,0.93,0.92,0.95,0.95,-2,74,31,48,,
Small,"Anchorage, AK",0.75,0.75,0.72,0.72,0.71,0.70,0.72,0.71,0.70,0.70,0.71,0.72,0.73,0.75,0.76,0.76,0.76,0.76,3,48,1,85,,
Very large,"Atlanta, GA",0.83,0.93,1.02,1.04,1.06,1.11,1.18,1.21,1.25,1.29,1.31,1.35,1.36,1.35,1.35,1.36,1.36,1.34,-2,74,51,9,,
Medium,"Austin, TX",0.74,0.81,0.90,0.90,0.88,0.88,0.90,0.93,0.98,1.00,1.03,1.06,1.11,1.15,1.14,1.14,1.14,1.16,5,38,42,18,,
Small,"Bakersfield, CA",0.50,0.57,0.65,0.67,0.69,0.68,0.70,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.77,0.78,0.75,0.76,0.78,0.78,0.81,0.83,8,19,33,42,,
Large,"Baltimore, MD",0.75,0.81,0.95,0.96,0.96,0.97,0.99,1.02,1.02,1.03,1.04,1.05,1.09,1.12,1.18,1.20,1.20,1.21,12,9,46,15,,
Small,"Beaumont, TX",0.56,0.57,0.61,0.63,0.64,0.64,0.64,0.65,0.68,0.68,0.68,0.70,0.71,0.73,0.75,0.75,0.76,0.78,7,22,22,72,,
Medium,"Birmingham, AL",0.59,0.65,0.74,0.75,0.75,0.77,0.80,0.82,0.85,0.88,0.91,0.93,0.94,0.94,0.95,0.97,0.98,1.00,6,26,41,19,,
Very large,"Boston, MA-NH-RI",0.81,0.90,1.05,1.05,1.06,1.05,1.05,1.06,1.07,1.08,1.10,1.11,1.11,1.11,1.10,1.10,1.11,1.11,0,66,30,51,,
Small,"Boulder, CO",0.73,0.75,0.79,0.82,0.84,0.85,0.87,0.88,0.88,0.90,0.88,0.90,0.91,0.90,0.92,0.91,0.91,0.90,-1,70,17,78,,
Medium,"Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY",0.80,0.91,0.98,0.95,0.98,0.98,0.98,1.01,1.01,1.03,1.06,1.07,1.09,1.12,1.15,1.14,1.16,1.17,8,20,37,32,,
Small,"Brownsville, TX",0.53,0.53,0.62,0.62,0.64,0.67,0.66,0.69,0.71,0.71,0.74,0.78,0.81,0.81,0.83,0.82,0.84,0.78,-3,78,25,65,,
Large,"Buffalo, NY",0.48,0.50,0.56,0.57,0.59,0.60,0.62,0.62,0.62,0.65,0.67,0.69,0.71,0.71,0.71,0.73,0.73,0.73,2,53,25,65,,
Small,"Cape Coral, FL",0.94,0.92,0.87,0.87,0.90,0.98,1.06,1.14,1.15,1.11,1.14,1.13,1.11,1.11,1.15,1.19,1.23,1.23,12,9,29,56,,
Small,"Charleston-North Charleston, SC",0.85,0.89,0.94,0.95,0.98,0.99,1.02,1.01,1.00,1.01,1.04,1.04,1.05,1.03,1.05,1.08,1.08,1.08,3,48,23,70,,
Medium,"Charlotte, NC-SC",0.78,0.89,0.91,0.91,0.90,0.87,0.86,0.86,0.93,1.00,0.99,1.03,1.07,1.08,1.10,1.09,1.10,1.11,4,39,33,40,,
Very large,"Chicago, IL-IN",0.81,0.89,1.03,1.04,1.02,1.01,1.03,1.08,1.14,1.13,1.17,1.17,1.18,1.20,1.23,1.24,1.28,1.28,10,12,47,13,,
Large,"Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN",0.66,0.74,0.88,0.87,0.87,0.92,0.97,0.97,1.00,1.06,1.07,1.06,1.07,1.04,1.06,1.06,1.04,1.06,-1,70,40,20,,
Large,"Cleveland, OH",0.73,0.69,0.83,0.84,0.85,0.88,0.89,0.90,0.91,0.93,0.94,0.95,0.94,0.91,0.89,0.89,0.91,0.90,-4,81,17,78,,
Small,"Colorado Springs, CO",0.50,0.56,0.61,0.60,0.62,0.64,0.66,0.70,0.72,0.77,0.80,0.83,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.85,0.81,0.88,2,53,38,26,,
Small,"Columbia, SC",0.57,0.65,0.73,0.73,0.74,0.74,0.75,0.77,0.77,0.79,0.81,0.84,0.87,0.88,0.88,0.89,0.89,0.90,3,48,33,40,,
Large,"Columbus, OH",0.60,0.68,0.86,0.87,0.89,0.93,0.95,0.98,1.02,1.04,1.04,1.03,1.02,1.07,1.07,1.08,1.10,1.09,7,22,49,10,,
Small,"Corpus Christi, TX",0.55,0.63,0.68,0.67,0.66,0.64,0.65,0.65,0.67,0.71,0.71,0.71,0.70,0.71,0.71,0.72,0.75,0.75,5,32,20,75,,
Very large,"Dallas -Fort Worth-Arlington, TX",0.71,0.82,0.95,0.96,0.96,0.96,0.96,0.96,0.97,1.02,1.04,1.07,1.11,1.13,1.13,1.18,1.20,1.26,15,3,55,6,,
Medium,"Dayton, OH",0.80,0.79,0.85,0.85,0.84,0.88,0.82,0.89,0.90,0.91,0.91,0.90,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.90,0.95,0.93,4,39,13,81,,
Large,"Denver-Aurora, CO",0.82,0.83,0.89,0.91,0.92,0.95,0.98,1.03,1.07,1.09,1.13,1.16,1.17,1.17,1.15,1.16,1.13,1.18,1,62,36,33,,
Very large,"Detroit, MI",0.91,0.96,1.06,1.08,1.12,1.13,1.12,1.13,1.15,1.15,1.16,1.17,1.19,1.21,1.22,1.23,1.23,1.24,5,32,33,42,,
Medium,"El Paso, TX-NM",0.60,0.66,0.71,0.76,0.80,0.81,0.83,0.83,0.83,0.84,0.87,0.91,0.94,0.97,0.99,1.01,1.05,1.07,13,6,47,12,,
Small,"Eugene, OR",0.69,0.70,0.75,0.75,0.75,0.79,0.78,0.80,0.82,0.83,0.85,0.88,0.91,0.88,0.88,0.92,0.92,0.93,2,53,24,67,,
Medium,"Fresno, CA",0.68,0.73,0.80,0.81,0.82,0.83,0.82,0.84,0.86,0.87,0.90,0.91,0.94,0.91,0.92,0.91,0.91,0.94,0,66,26,64,,
Medium,"Grand Rapids, MI",0.56,0.61,0.71,0.74,0.80,0.86,0.85,0.84,0.84,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.86,0.86,0.85,0.84,0.84,0.85,-1,70,29,58,,
Medium,"Hartford, CT",0.58,0.63,0.70,0.73,0.87,0.78,0.79,0.81,0.82,0.84,0.86,0.89,0.92,0.92,0.93,0.93,0.94,0.95,3,52,37,29,,
Medium,"Honolulu, HI",0.82,0.88,1.04,1.04,1.06,1.06,1.08,1.08,1.08,1.06,1.06,1.06,1.04,1.04,1.04,1.06,1.07,1.08,4,39,26,62,,
Very large,"Houston, TX",0.99,1.05,1.00,0.96,0.95,0.97,0.99,1.02,1.04,1.07,1.10,1.14,1.13,1.21,1.28,1.29,1.25,1.27,14,4,28,59,,
Large,"Indianapolis, IN",0.80,0.83,0.94,0.97,1.02,1.05,1.11,1.17,1.17,1.20,1.17,1.17,1.18,1.19,1.18,1.18,1.18,1.16,-2,74,36,35,,
Medium,"Jacksonville, FL",0.79,0.83,0.94,0.94,0.95,0.95,0.97,0.98,1.01,1.00,1.00,1.00,1.02,1.01,1.03,1.06,1.09,1.10,8,15,31,46,,
Large,"Kansas City, MO-KS",0.53,0.64,0.74,0.74,0.76,0.80,0.81,0.82,0.83,0.81,0.81,0.82,0.82,0.82,0.82,0.81,0.79,0.80,-2,73,27,61,,
Small,"Laredo, TX",0.41,0.45,0.47,0.50,0.51,0.52,0.54,0.58,0.64,0.63,0.63,0.67,0.66,0.71,0.71,0.74,0.74,0.76,10,14,35,36,,
Large,"Las Vegas, NV",0.69,0.66,0.94,0.97,1.02,1.09,1.09,1.10,1.11,1.08,1.09,1.14,1.18,1.16,1.20,1.24,1.28,1.31,13,6,62,3,,
Small,"Little Rock, AR",0.54,0.60,0.70,0.73,0.71,0.72,0.75,0.77,0.79,0.79,0.82,0.85,0.83,0.86,0.82,0.83,0.87,0.88,5,32,34,38,,
Very large,"Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA",1.21,1.25,1.57,1.56,1.54,1.52,1.49,1.51,1.54,1.53,1.53,1.53,1.54,1.54,1.55,1.55,1.58,1.58,4,39,37,28,,
Medium,"Louisville, KY-IN",0.83,0.82,0.83,0.89,0.94,0.98,1.01,1.02,1.04,1.07,1.09,1.10,1.10,1.09,1.12,1.14,1.16,1.14,4,47,31,48,,
Medium,"Memphis, TN-MS-AR",0.74,0.69,0.82,0.81,0.83,0.85,0.88,0.90,0.91,0.90,0.91,0.92,0.93,0.95,0.96,0.97,0.97,0.95,2,61,21,73,,
Very Large,"Miami, FL",0.76,0.82,0.99,1.00,1.04,1.06,1.09,1.13,1.14,1.17,1.21,1.26,1.33,1.34,1.36,1.38,1.38,1.39,6,31,63,2,,
Large,"Milwaukee, WI",0.65,0.75,0.89,0.90,0.90,0.88,0.88,0.91,0.94,0.95,0.96,0.99,1.00,0.98,0.96,0.97,0.98,0.95,-5,82,30,54,,
Large,"Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN",0.65,0.73,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.93,1.00,1.02,1.03,1.08,1.11,1.14,1.16,1.19,1.17,1.18,1.16,1.17,1,62,52,8,,
Medium,"Nashville-Davidson, TN",0.82,0.80,0.85,0.84,0.85,0.84,0.90,0.92,0.91,0.93,0.92,0.93,0.95,0.97,0.98,1.01,1.02,1.01,6,26,19,76,,
Medium,"New Haven, CT",0.63,0.68,0.80,0.79,0.83,0.83,0.81,0.81,0.81,0.85,0.88,0.92,0.94,0.97,1.00,0.99,0.98,1.00,6,26,37,29,,
Large,"New Orleans, LA",0.86,0.91,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.88,0.93,0.94,0.91,0.92,0.96,0.96,0.94,0.93,0.94,0.94,0.95,0.96,2,53,10,83,,
Very large,"New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT",0.73,0.80,0.91,0.90,0.90,0.92,0.93,0.95,0.97,1.01,1.02,1.05,1.06,1.06,1.08,1.13,1.14,1.13,7,25,40,21,,
Large,"Oklahoma City, OK",0.63,0.69,0.70,0.72,0.73,0.77,0.77,0.81,0.83,0.85,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.89,0.89,2,53,26,63,,
Medium,"Omaha, NE-IA",0.61,0.66,0.75,0.75,0.80,0.80,0.80,0.81,0.84,0.83,0.85,0.87,0.89,0.91,0.94,0.94,0.93,0.93,4,39,32,44,,
Large,"Orlando, FL",0.72,0.83,0.96,0.99,0.98,0.96,0.98,1.00,1.03,1.07,1.10,1.12,1.16,1.22,1.20,1.20,1.20,1.20,4,39,48,11,,
Medium,"Oxnard-Ventura, CA",0.83,0.97,1.15,1.13,1.14,1.15,1.20,1.20,1.21,1.20,1.20,1.22,1.22,1.26,1.26,1.26,1.26,1.26,4,39,43,16,,
Small,"Pensacola, FL-AL",0.71,0.74,0.86,0.83,0.88,0.91,0.92,0.97,0.99,1.03,0.99,1.00,1.01,0.99,1.02,1.05,1.07,1.09,8,15,38,25,,
Very large,"Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD",0.83,0.85,0.95,0.92,0.94,0.92,0.94,0.95,0.95,0.99,1.01,1.03,1.04,1.07,1.09,1.09,1.10,1.12,8,15,29,55,,
Very large,"Phoenix, AZ",1.03,1.02,1.01,1.00,1.03,1.04,1.03,1.07,1.11,1.10,1.14,1.19,1.25,1.26,1.23,1.25,1.30,1.32,7,22,29,56,,
Large,"Pittsburgh, PA",0.67,0.69,0.76,0.75,0.74,0.73,0.73,0.75,0.75,0.75,0.76,0.77,0.77,0.78,0.79,0.80,0.80,0.79,2,53,12,82,,
Large,"Portland, OR-WA",0.87,0.89,1.00,1.01,1.03,1.05,1.07,1.11,1.15,1.18,1.18,1.20,1.21,1.20,1.20,1.20,1.22,1.23,2,53,36,33,,
Large,"Providence, RI-MA",0.55,0.54,0.70,0.70,0.70,0.72,0.73,0.75,0.77,0.78,0.85,0.87,0.88,0.91,0.91,0.93,0.94,0.94,6,30,39,23,,
Medium,"Raleigh-Durham, NC",0.63,0.75,0.85,0.85,0.87,0.86,0.88,0.92,0.92,0.95,0.94,0.94,0.96,0.96,0.98,0.97,0.99,1.01,5,32,38,26,,
Medium,"Richmond, VA",0.61,0.58,0.75,0.78,0.81,0.79,0.84,0.86,0.84,0.80,0.77,0.75,0.77,0.77,0.79,0.81,0.82,0.82,5,36,21,73,,
Large,"Riverside-San Bernardino, CA",0.76,0.89,1.14,1.17,1.16,1.14,1.11,1.16,1.17,1.15,1.19,1.24,1.26,1.29,1.36,1.43,1.45,1.44,18,1,68,1,,
Medium,"Rochester, NY",0.48,0.52,0.63,0.64,0.66,0.66,0.68,0.71,0.71,0.70,0.70,0.72,0.74,0.73,0.73,0.74,0.78,0.78,4,39,30,51,,
Large,"Sacramento, CA",0.75,0.88,1.10,1.10,1.08,1.08,1.10,1.12,1.16,1.13,1.17,1.19,1.23,1.26,1.29,1.31,1.35,1.36,13,6,61,4,,
Small,"Salem, OR",0.58,0.66,0.82,0.84,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.84,0.83,0.85,0.88,0.88,0.89,0.89,0.91,0.88,0.87,0.89,0,66,31,46,,
Medium,"Salt Lake City, UT",0.72,0.77,0.88,0.92,0.95,0.99,1.05,1.07,1.07,1.03,1.01,1.00,1.05,1.06,1.07,1.07,1.07,1.06,1,62,34,37,,
Large,"San Antonio, TX",0.68,0.78,0.75,0.75,0.77,0.78,0.82,0.86,0.89,0.92,0.96,1.01,1.04,1.03,1.05,1.06,1.10,1.10,6,26,42,17,,
Large,"San Diego, CA",0.83,0.93,1.23,1.22,1.22,1.20,1.21,1.22,1.22,1.22,1.23,1.28,1.33,1.37,1.37,1.37,1.42,1.41,8,20,58,5,,
Very large,"San Francisco-Oakland, CA",1.01,1.13,1.31,1.30,1.29,1.30,1.29,1.31,1.32,1.33,1.34,1.36,1.38,1.35,1.39,1.40,1.39,1.40,2,53,39,23,,
Large,"San Jose, CA",1.03,1.10,1.23,1.23,1.20,1.16,1.18,1.19,1.19,1.18,1.19,1.23,1.35,1.37,1.36,1.36,1.33,1.33,-2,74,30,51,,
Medium,"Sarasota-Bradenton, FL",0.77,0.86,0.87,0.89,0.89,0.91,0.92,0.94,0.98,1.01,1.02,1.10,1.13,1.14,1.16,1.18,1.21,1.24,11,11,47,13,,
Large,"Seattle, WA",0.84,0.94,1.14,1.15,1.17,1.19,1.19,1.17,1.17,1.17,1.17,1.18,1.18,1.18,1.18,1.18,1.16,1.15,-3,78,31,48,,
Small,"Spokane, WA",0.53,0.59,0.64,0.67,0.71,0.75,0.75,0.75,0.75,0.76,0.77,0.77,0.76,0.76,0.75,0.76,0.73,0.70,-6,84,17,80,,
Medium,"Springfield, MA-CT",0.60,0.63,0.69,0.70,0.72,0.73,0.73,0.74,0.74,0.75,0.77,0.79,0.79,0.78,0.81,0.81,0.83,0.84,5,36,24,68,,
Large,"St. Louis, MO-IL",0.84,0.89,0.86,0.84,0.88,0.92,0.99,1.04,1.05,1.05,1.03,1.03,1.02,1.01,1.00,0.96,0.94,0.91,-11,85,7,84,,
Large,"Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL",1.04,1.09,1.13,1.18,1.17,1.18,1.18,1.16,1.14,1.14,1.13,1.12,1.13,1.17,1.20,1.21,1.26,1.27,14,4,23,71,,
Medium,"Toledo, OH-MI",0.54,0.61,0.65,0.64,0.68,0.72,0.78,0.81,0.86,0.88,0.89,0.89,0.91,0.91,0.90,0.87,0.88,0.86,-5,82,32,45,,
Medium,"Tucson, AZ",0.89,0.91,0.93,0.93,0.94,0.93,0.91,0.91,0.93,0.98,0.99,1.00,1.01,1.04,1.06,1.10,1.12,1.17,16,2,28,60,,
Medium,"Tulsa, OK",0.62,0.74,0.75,0.75,0.76,0.76,0.76,0.79,0.82,0.81,0.81,0.81,0.81,0.81,0.81,0.83,0.80,0.81,0,66,19,76,,
Large,"Virginia Beach, VA",0.78,0.82,0.85,0.83,0.83,0.84,0.87,0.89,0.92,0.95,0.96,0.98,0.99,0.99,1.02,1.02,1.02,1.02,3,48,24,68,,
Very large,"Washington, DC-VA-MD",0.83,1.01,1.05,1.06,1.12,1.15,1.21,1.22,1.24,1.24,1.25,1.24,1.25,1.28,1.31,1.34,1.34,1.35,10,12,52,7,,
NA,85-Area Averageb,0.78,0.84,0.96,0.96,0.98,0.99,1.00,1.02,1.04,1.06,1.07,1.09,1.10,1.11,1.12,1.14,1.14,1.15,5,NA,37,NA,,
KEY:  NA = not applicable.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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a Rank is based on the calculated point change with the highest number corresponding to a rank of 1.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
b Average weighted by vehicle miles  travled in city. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Methodology and data sources have been changed in 2007 and applied retroactively to past years, these figures are not comparable to those in past editions of NTS. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"Texas Transportation Institute, The 2007 Annual Urban Mobility Report (College Station, TX: 2007), Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Nov. 20, 2007.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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