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Table 4-28: Wasted Fuel Per Person

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Population group	Urban area	Gallons wasted														Percent change Short-term 1996-2001		Percent change Long term 1982-2001
Population group	Urban area	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Medium	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	^R4	0	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	50	15	200	49
Medium	Albuquerque, NM	5	9	12	12	13	17	22	25	30	35	36	39	^R29	29	-3	60	480	23
Small	Anchorage, AK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Atlanta, GA	10	17	20	19	21	29	40	45	51	53	56	50	56	58	14	45	480	23
Medium	Austin, TX	7	15	15	18	18	21	25	28	35	43	36	43	48	50	43	21	614	16
Small	Bakersfield, CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	NM	24	NM	NM
Large	Baltimore, MD	6	10	25	24	22	24	27	29	30	32	30	31	^R34	38	27	38	533	17
Small	Beaumont, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	7	7	NM	NM	NM	NM
Medium	Birmingham, AL	3	5	8	8	9	11	16	15	18	20	23	23	25	25	39	26	733	13
Very large	Boston, MA	14	20	30	30	32	34	37	37	38	40	41	43	45	46	21	40	229	45
Small	Boulder, CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Small	Brownsville, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY	2	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	60	11	300	36
Small	Charleston, SC	6	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	20	20	43	21	233	44
Medium	Charlotte, NC	6	14	16	22	22	21	21	22	23	29	29	32	37	36	57	12	500	20
Very large	Chicago, IL-Northwestern, IN	^R10	^R17	^R28	^R28	^R29	^R30	^R28	^R32	^R40	^R38	^R41	^R40	^R41	42	5	53	320	34
Large	Cincinnati, OH-KY	3	5	13	13	15	15	22	21	25	30	31	31	34	36	44	20	1,100	9
Large	Cleveland, OH	1	1	5	6	7	9	10	15	^R17	20	16	^R17	^R16	13	-24	68	1,200	8
Small	Colorado Springs, CO	^R0	0	0	0	3	6	8	10	13	12	16	18	19	19	46	19	NM	NM
Large	Columbus, OH	2	5	15	14	17	19	23	26	27	32	32	35	30	29	7	51	1,350	7
Small	Corpus Christi, TX	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	6	NM	NM	NM	NM
Very large	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	10	21	30	31	37	40	38	42	^R40	^R42	48	^R66	60	60	50	15	500	20
Large	Denver, CO	12	13	20	20	24	30	30	37	42	47	50	52	55	56	33	33	367	31
Very large	Detroit, MI	10	12	32	34	44	54	44	42	42	^R43	44	43	41	43	2	55	330	33
Medium	El Paso, TX-NM	0	0	4	4	7	7	9	8	7	8	9	11	15	20	186	1	NM	NM
Small	Eugene-Springfield, OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL	6	^R5	^R13	^R15	^R18	^R21	^R19	^R21	^R24	^R27	^R28	^R32	^R39	43	79	4	617	15
Small	Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL	0	0	0	0	4	8	8	8	8	11	11	15	14	13	63	10	NM	NM
Medium	Fresno, CA	6	5	13	13	10	8	8	10	9	11	13	15	18	14	56	13	133	55
Medium	Hartford-Middletown, CT	5	12	11	13	15	11	10	10	11	13	14	17	19	19	73	5	280	37
Medium	Honolulu, HI	^R7	10	^R21	^R21	^R22	^R22	^R22	^R21	^R21	^R20	^R21	^R22	^R17	17	-19	67	143	53
Very large	Houston, TX	33	55	^R39	^R30	^R30	^R37	^R40	^R42	^R44	^R54	^R50	^R60	^R58	59	34	32	79	57
Large	Indianapolis, IN	2	3	6	^R9	13	22	29	32	38	40	33	31	34	39	3	54	1,850	2
Medium	Jacksonville, FL	7	8	15	17	22	22	24	30	29	30	25	25	^R25	26	-10	65	271	38
Large	Kansas City, MO-KS	1	3	6	5	7	^R11	13	11	^R15	^R15	17	19	^R17	17	13	46	1,600	3
Small	Laredo, TX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NM	NM	NM	NM
Large	Las Vegas, NV	4	8	19	20	18	16	20	20	23	25	^R26	27	28	25	9	49	525	18
Very large	Los Angeles, CA	^R31	^R39	^R80	^R77	^R77	^R77	^R71	^R75	^R82	^R79	^R83	^R81	^R82	78	-5	61	152	52
Medium	Louisville, KY-IN	6	8	9	12	16	20	25	21	29	31	33	37	37	31	7	52	417	27
Medium	Memphis, TN-AR-MS	3	3	8	9	11	12	15	18	18	22	22	23	26	28	56	13	833	12
Large	Miami-Hialeah, FL	14	17	34	34	44	43	45	43	43	46	44	45	^R52	51	19	43	264	40
Large	Milwaukee, WI	4	6	10	11	12	15	15	19	20	20	22	24	^R26	24	20	41	500	20
Large	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	3	6	14	15	18	24	26	28	29	39	41	^R44	^R45	48	66	7	1,500	5
Medium	Nashville, TN	^R11	11	16	12	12	17	21	24	26	29	27	^R33	^R36	36	38	27	227	46
Large	New Orleans, LA	7	9	11	12	12	12	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	-6	62	143	53
Very large	New York, NY-Northeastern, NJ	10	12	30	22	22	22	27	30	^R30	^R32	^R34	38	^R38	41	37	30	310	35
Large	Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach, VA	8	12	15	13	15	14	18	19	22	22	24	^R24	^R18	22	NM	56	175	51
Large	Oklahoma City, OK	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	13	10	11	38	28	450	25
Medium	Omaha, NE-IA	2	4	9	9	11	11	11	11	14	14	17	18	18	19	36	31	850	11
Large	Orlando, FL	10	16	19	25	27	30	31	31	34	36	42	41	^R49	51	50	15	410	28
Small	Pensacola, FL	0	0	8	^R8	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	^R17	13	-7	64	NM	NM
Very large	Philadelphia, PA-NJ	8	10	14	17	17	17	18	20	21	22	25	25	25	27	29	36	238	42
Large	Phoenix, AZ	12	^R13	^R24	^R27	^R29	29	^R30	^R27	32	^R36	32	^R39	^R41	44	38	28	267	39
Large	Pittsburgh, PA	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	NM	56	100	56
Large	Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA	4	5	14	15	20	24	25	27	32	33	33	^R35	^R37	39	22	39	875	10
Medium	Providence-Pawtucket, RI-MA	2	7	14	12	11	15	17	18	22	19	24	29	32	33	50	15	1,550	4
Medium	^Richmond, VA	0	4	9	7	7	10	12	16	18	18	19	19	17	17	-6	62	NM	NM
Medium	^Rochester, NY	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	NM	56	NM	NM
Large	Sacramento, CA	7	11	25	25	22	23	27	24	29	26	27	28	33	33	14	44	371	30
Small	Salem, OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	6	11	11	^R10	10	10	67	6	NM	NM
Medium	Salt Lake City, UT	1	3	8	9	10	11	15	16	15	14	13	15	^R18	21	40	24	2,000	1
Large	San Antonio, TX	6	12	10	10	11	10	10	16	16	18	23	31	34	30	88	3	400	29
Large	San Bernardino-Riverside, CA	7	13	^R33	38	^R40	^R40	^R34	^R37	^R40	^R42	^R47	^R46	^R52	57	43	23	714	14
Large	San Diego, CA	7	12	^R28	25	^R25	^R24	^R24	25	^R26	^R30	^R28	^R34	^R40	43	65	8	514	19
Very large	San Francisco-Oakland, CA	20	39	60	47	45	47	41	51	52	47	53	55	^R65	67	29	35	235	43
Large	San Jose, CA	17	34	66	55	43	40	40	43	42	^R38	44	^R50	53	54	29	36	218	47
Large	Seattle-Everett, WA	^R12	^R20	^R43	^R53	^R61	^R54	^R55	^R56	^R62	^R65	^R63	^R66	^R53	53	-15	66	342	32
Small	Spokane, WA	0	0	0	^R0	^R0	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	6	NM	56	NM	NM
Large	St. Louis, MO-IL	9	13	15	14	^R16	22	25	28	28	31	32	33	^R36	31	11	47	244	41
Medium	Tacoma, WA	5	4	15	15	^R15	20	21	21	20	20	20	27	23	26	30	34	420	26
Large	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	12	14	22	26	27	30	35	33	33	32	31	33	32	36	9	48	200	49
Medium	Tucson, AZ	0	4	8	11	11	10	10	11	14	17	18	18	18	23	64	9	NM	NM
Medium	Tulsa, OK	0	4	6	4	4	^R4	4	7	7	8	9	10	14	14	100	2	NM	NM
Large	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL	2	4	^R11	15	^R17	^R17	23	23	26	24	^R26	^R29	^R30	31	19	42	1,450	6
Very large	Washington, DC-MD-VA	17	23	^R35	^R36	^R40	^R41	^R43	^R46	^R50	^R49	^R56	^R58	^R54	54	8	50	218	47
	75-Area Average	^R11	^R16	^R29	^R28	^R29	^R30	^R31	^R33	^R36	^R37	^R39	^R41	^R41	42	17		282
	Very Large Area Average	^R16	^R23	^R41	^R38	39	^R41	40	43	46	^R46	^R49	^R52	^R52	52	13		206
	Large Area Average	7	^R11	^R20	^R20	^R22	^R24	^R26	^R28	^R30	^R32	^R33	^R35	^R36	37	23		429
	Medium Area Average	4	6	11	11	12	13	15	17	^R19	20	20	23	24	24	26		500
	Small Area Average	^R1	1	^R3	^R3	^R4	^R5	^R5	^R5	^R6	^R7	^R8	^R9	^R10	10	67		900

KEY: 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.

NOTES

"Wasted" fuel is the difference between the fuel consumed under estimated existing conditions and the fuel consumed if all traffic was moving at free-flow conditions. Calculations are made for peak period speeds and for free-flow speeds on both the freeway and principal arterial system.

For a more detailed description of the formulas used, see the source document.

The cities shown represent the 50 largest metropolitan areas, as well as others chosen by the states sponsoring the study.

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. 31, 2003.

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