Table 1-65:  Annual Roadway Congestion Index,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Points change,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Short-term             1996-2001,,Long-term            1982-2001,
Population group,Urban area,1982,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,Points,Ranka,Points,Ranka
Medium,"Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY",0.46,0.51,0.68,0.67,0.69,0.71,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.75,0.75,0.77,0.78,0.80,6,24,34,41
Medium,"Albuquerque, NM",0.62,0.69,0.85,0.84,0.87,0.91,0.97,1.00,1.05,1.06,1.08,1.08,R1.07,1.05,0,2,43,60
Small,"Anchorage, AK",0.58,0.63,0.62,0.62,0.60,0.59,0.61,0.60,0.59,0.59,0.62,0.61,0.62,0.65,6,24,7,2
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,R1.33,1.33,16,66,56,71
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,R1.12,1.17,20,73,44,62
Small,"Bakersfield, CA",0.54,0.56,0.64,0.67,0.70,0.68,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.75,0.76,0.78,0.76,0.77,3,13,23,18
Large,"Baltimore, MD",0.75,0.80,0.95,0.95,0.97,0.97,1.00,1.03,1.03,1.05,1.06,1.07,1.10,1.14,11,52,39,54
Small,"Beaumont, TX",0.65,0.72,0.74,0.78,0.83,0.82,0.78,0.80,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.86,0.84,0.86,2,8,21,15
Medium,"Birmingham, AL",0.69,0.70,0.78,0.77,0.78,0.81,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.93,0.96,0.98,0.99,1.00,10,48,31,34
Very large,"Boston, MA",0.88,0.98,1.09,1.09,1.11,1.17,1.19,1.21,1.22,1.25,1.27,1.28,1.30,1.31,9,43,43,60
Small,"Boulder, CO",0.55,0.59,0.65,0.66,0.70,0.71,0.72,0.74,0.76,0.81,0.83,0.83,0.81,0.84,8,33,29,25
Small,"Brownsville, TX",0.54,0.54,0.62,0.62,0.64,0.68,0.69,0.70,0.71,0.73,0.76,0.75,0.78,0.79,8,33,25,19
Large,"Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY",0.53,0.55,0.60,0.62,0.64,0.66,0.68,0.67,0.66,0.68,0.70,0.72,0.76,0.75,9,43,22,17
Small,"Charleston, SC",0.85,0.88,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.94,0.95,0.93,0.92,0.93,0.97,0.98,0.98,0.95,3,13,10,5
Medium,"Charlotte, NC",0.86,1.02,1.05,1.04,0.98,0.94,0.94,0.95,1.01,1.07,1.09,1.14,1.15,1.17,16,66,31,34
Very large,"Chicago, IL-Northwestern, IN",0.95,1.02,1.18,1.19,1.17,1.17,1.17,1.22,1.27,1.27,1.31,R1.32,R1.33,1.34,7,30,39,54
Large,"Cincinnati, OH-KY",0.70,0.78,0.92,0.90,0.91,0.95,1.00,1.00,1.04,1.09,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.12,8,33,42,58
Large,"Cleveland, OH",0.68,0.65,0.83,0.83,0.85,0.89,0.91,0.92,0.94,0.96,0.98,0.98,0.97,0.94,0,2,26,21
Small,"Colorado Springs, CO",0.50,0.60,0.62,0.61,0.64,0.66,0.68,0.73,0.76,0.81,0.83,0.85,0.86,0.87,11,52,37,49
Large,"Columbus, OH",0.63,0.68,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.92,0.94,0.97,1.00,1.02,1.04,1.04,1.02,1.08,8,33,45,63
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,R0.71,0.71,5,21,14,9
Very large,"Dallas -Fort Worth, TX",0.73,0.86,0.96,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.96,0.96,0.98,R1.02,1.07,R1.08,R1.11,1.12,14,60,39,54
Large,"Denver, CO",0.82,0.86,0.92,0.93,0.97,0.99,1.02,1.07,1.12,1.14,1.18,1.20,1.23,1.28,16,66,46,64
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,R1.23,1.24,6,24,35,44
Medium,"El Paso, TX-NM",0.62,0.70,0.73,0.78,0.82,0.83,0.85,0.85,0.84,0.86,0.91,0.94,0.98,0.99,15,63,37,49
Small,"Eugene-Springfield, OR",0.53,0.58,0.68,0.69,0.70,0.74,0.75,0.78,0.82,0.84,0.87,0.91,0.94,0.92,10,48,39,54
Large,"Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL",0.69,0.75,0.90,0.95,1.03,1.05,1.03,1.05,1.07,1.12,1.12,1.17,1.23,1.28,21,74,59,73
Small,"Fort Myers - Cape Coral, FL",0.83,0.87,0.95,0.95,0.93,0.90,0.90,0.90,0.92,0.94,0.94,0.95,0.96,0.95,3,13,12,6
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,R1.00,0.97,8,33,30,30
Medium,"Hartford-Middletown, CT",0.61,0.74,0.82,0.83,0.84,0.84,0.85,0.86,0.87,0.90,0.91,0.94,0.97,0.98,11,52,37,49
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,-3,1,25,19
Very large,"Houston, TX",1.03,1.11,1.04,1.00,1.01,1.01,1.00,1.00,1.02,R1.06,R1.10,R1.13,R1.17,1.19,17,69,16,12
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,R1.16,1.19,6,24,55,70
Medium,"Jacksonville, FL",0.75,0.81,0.94,0.96,0.98,1.00,1.02,1.04,1.02,1.01,1.01,1.00,1.02,1.02,0,2,27,22
Large,"Kansas City, MO-KS",R0.53,R0.62,R0.66,R0.64,R0.65,R0.72,R0.72,R0.74,R0.77,R0.78,R0.79,R0.81,R0.83,0.84,7,30,31,34
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,R0.63,R0.63,0.67,11,52,12,6
Large,"Las Vegas, NV",0.69,0.78,1.06,1.09,1.10,1.15,1.13,1.12,1.12,1.11,1.13,1.18,1.23,1.20,8,33,51,66
Very large,"Los Angeles, CA",1.29,1.31,1.59,1.58,1.56,1.54,1.50,1.52,1.56,1.54,1.58,1.58,1.59,1.56,0,2,27,22
Medium,"Louisville, KY-IN",0.78,0.78,0.80,0.84,0.89,0.93,0.97,0.99,1.01,1.05,1.08,1.09,1.09,1.08,7,30,30,30
Medium,"Memphis, TN-AR-MS",0.71,0.70,0.88,0.88,0.89,0.89,0.94,0.96,0.98,0.98,0.99,0.98,1.00,1.03,5,21,32,39
Large,"Miami-Hialeah, FL",0.95,0.99,1.20,1.17,1.20,1.19,1.22,1.25,1.23,1.23,R1.24,R1.25,R1.31,1.29,6,24,34,41
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,R1.07,R1.10,1.08,9,43,37,49
Large,"Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN",0.66,0.76,0.89,0.91,0.93,0.98,1.04,1.06,1.08,1.13,1.18,1.20,1.22,1.25,17,69,59,73
Medium,"Nashville, TN",0.83,0.82,0.85,0.84,0.85,0.85,0.90,0.93,0.93,0.96,0.97,0.98,0.98,1.03,10,48,20,14
Large,"New Orleans, LA",0.92,0.97,0.94,0.96,0.95,0.94,0.99,0.99,0.96,0.97,1.00,0.99,0.97,0.97,1,6,5,1
Very large,"New York, NY-Northeastern, NJ",0.77,0.86,0.99,0.99,0.99,1.01,1.02,1.04,R1.06,R1.09,R1.11,R1.14,R1.15,1.15,9,43,38,53
Large,"Norfolk - Newport News-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,R0.95,0.96,2,8,12,6
Large,"Oklahoma City, OK",0.65,0.71,0.73,0.74,0.74,0.78,0.77,0.82,0.84,0.85,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.86,2,8,21,15
Medium,"Omaha, NE-IA",0.62,0.70,0.75,0.76,0.79,0.80,0.80,0.81,0.84,0.85,0.87,0.90,0.90,0.92,8,33,30,30
Large,"Orlando, FL",0.82,0.93,0.95,0.97,0.97,0.97,0.96,0.97,1.00,1.03,1.05,1.07,1.11,1.14,14,60,32,39
Small,"Pensacola, FL",0.61,0.69,0.84,0.85,0.86,0.87,0.87,0.88,0.86,0.88,0.87,0.88,0.92,0.91,5,21,30,30
Very large,"Philadelphia, PA-NJ",0.82,0.87,0.94,0.99,0.98,0.99,1.00,1.00,1.01,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.10,1.11,10,48,29,25
Large,"Phoenix, AZ",0.95,0.98,1.01,1.03,1.06,1.05,1.04,1.08,1.14,1.12,1.16,1.21,1.27,1.29,15,63,34,41
Large,"Pittsburgh, PA",0.70,0.73,0.75,0.75,0.74,0.74,0.74,0.76,0.76,0.76,0.78,0.78,0.77,0.78,2,8,8,3
Large,"Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA",0.81,0.90,1.02,1.03,1.07,1.10,1.12,1.15,1.20,1.22,1.22,R1.25,1.27,1.28,8,33,47,65
Medium,"Providence-Pawtucket, RI-MA",0.71,0.83,0.89,0.88,0.83,0.82,0.82,0.84,0.86,0.89,0.93,0.95,0.98,1.00,14,60,29,25
Medium,"Richmond, VA",0.67,0.73,0.75,0.74,0.75,0.79,0.79,0.78,0.80,0.81,0.83,0.83,0.83,0.83,3,13,16,12
Medium,"Rochester, NY",0.51,0.57,0.69,0.70,0.72,0.72,0.74,0.77,0.77,0.76,0.77,0.78,0.80,0.80,3,13,29,25
Large,"Sacramento, CA",0.76,0.88,1.05,1.05,1.07,1.09,1.12,1.12,1.17,1.14,1.18,1.20,1.25,1.28,11,52,52,68
Small,"Salem, OR",0.56,0.64,0.79,0.81,0.79,0.79,0.79,0.77,0.79,0.82,0.86,0.85,0.87,0.87,8,33,31,34
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,R1.04,1.08,4,19,42,48
Large,"San Antonio, TX",0.69,0.78,0.74,0.74,0.77,0.78,0.81,0.87,0.89,0.92,0.97,1.03,1.05,1.04,15,63,35,44
Large,"San Bernardino-Riverside, CA",0.78,0.90,1.14,1.16,1.15,1.14,1.12,1.16,1.18,1.16,1.20,R1.25,1.26,1.30,12,57,52,68
Large,"San Diego, CA",0.79,0.90,1.19,1.18,1.18,1.16,1.16,1.17,1.17,1.18,1.20,1.25,1.32,1.35,18,71,56,71
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,R1.41,1.41,6,24,35,44
Large,"San Jose, CA",1.07,1.13,1.24,1.25,1.22,1.18,1.15,1.13,1.11,1.11,1.13,1.19,1.34,1.36,25,75,29,25
Large,"Seattle-Everett, WA",R0.87,R0.94,R1.15,R1.18,R1.18,R1.18,R1.19,R1.18,R1.19,R1.21,R1.23,R1.25,1.23,1.23,4,19,36,48
Small,"Spokane, WA",R0.53,R0.57,R0.62,R0.65,R0.69,0.73,0.77,0.76,0.78,0.80,0.81,0.83,0.82,0.81,3,13,28,24
Large,"St. Louis, MO-IL",0.87,0.94,0.91,0.90,0.92,0.95,0.99,1.00,1.01,1.02,1.02,1.03,R1.04,1.02,1,6,15,10
Medium,"Tacoma, WA",0.75,0.78,0.91,0.96,1.02,1.08,1.10,1.12,1.13,1.15,1.18,1.19,1.20,1.26,13,59,51,66
Large,"Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL",1.07,1.12,1.10,1.13,1.14,1.17,1.16,1.16,1.14,1.11,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.16,2,8,9,4
Medium,"Tucson, AZ",0.78,0.76,0.89,0.93,0.93,0.96,0.95,0.95,0.97,1.00,1.04,1.05,R1.07,1.09,12,57,31,34
Medium,"Tulsa, OK",0.73,0.75,0.76,0.75,0.76,0.75,0.75,0.77,0.79,0.80,0.82,0.83,0.87,0.88,9,43,15,10
Large,"West Palm Beach - Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL",0.57,0.65,R0.85,R0.89,R0.96,R1.01,R1.05,R1.06,R1.07,R1.09,R1.13,R1.19,R1.24,1.25,18,71,68,75
Very large,"Washington, DC-MD-VA",0.99,1.13,R1.16,R1.14,R1.17,R1.16,R1.22,R1.24,R1.26,R1.27,R1.29,R1.29,R1.30,1.34,8,33,35,44
,75-Area Average,R0.87,R0.94,R1.07,R1.07,R1.08,R1.08,R1.09,R1.11,R1.13,R1.14,R1.16,R1.18,R1.20,1.21,8,,34,
,Very Large Area Average ,R0.99,R1.06,R1.22,R1.21,R1.21,R1.21,R1.20,R1.22,R1.25,R1.25,R1.28,R1.30,R1.31,1.31,6,,32,
,Large Area Average ,R0.78,R0.86,R0.97,R0.98,R0.99,R1.01,R1.03,R1.04,R1.06,R1.08,R1.10,R1.12,R1.16,1.17,11,,39,
,Medium Area Average ,R0.70,R0.75,R0.84,R0.85,R0.86,R0.88,R0.90,R0.92,R0.94,R0.95,R0.97,R0.99,R1.00,1.02,8,,32,
,Small Area Average ,R0.62,R0.67,R0.74,R0.74,R0.76,R0.76,R0.77,R0.77,R0.78,R0.81,R0.82,R0.84,R0.84,0.84,6,,22,
KEY:  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 lowest 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 cities shown represent the 50 largest metropolitan areas, as well as others chosen by the states sponsoring the Texas Transportation Institute's study on mobility.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SOURCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"1982 - 2001: Texas Transportation Institute, The 2003 Annual Urban Mobility Study (College Station, TX: 2003) from Internet site http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Oct. 27, 2003.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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