RITA | BTS | Table 1-69: Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Auto Commuter

Table 1-69: Annual Person-Hours of Highway Traffic Delay Per Auto Commuter

Urban area	Population group	1982	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Percent change^a
																									Short-term 2005-2010		Long-term 1982-2010
																									Percent	Rank	Percent	Rank
Akron, OH	Medium	3	4	9	10	12	14	18	15	19	22	23	23	22	21	20	18	19	19	20	16	16	16	15	-21	84	400	30
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	Medium	3	4	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	15	17	19	19	22	24	17	18	17	-11	50	467	22
Albuquerque, NM	Medium	9	12	18	18	21	23	24	27	30	32	33	34	30	29	27	28	31	33	34	35	29	26	25	-19	80	178	68
Allentown-Bethlehem, PA-NJ	Medium	7	8	11	12	14	17	19	20	23	25	26	23	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	22	22	22	-8	44	214	64
Anchorage, AK	Small	16	19	18	17	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	22	23	22	22	21	22	22	16	14	14	-36	98	-13	99
Atlanta, GA	Very large	13	17	23	26	30	34	38	40	43	46	49	49	52	53	55	56	56	58	57	51	45	44	43	-23	89	231	62
Austin, TX	Large	9	15	17	19	17	19	19	27	30	33	31	35	36	39	40	44	47	52	50	46	41	39	38	-19	79	322	47
Bakersfield, CA	Medium	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	6	6	9	11	10	67	1	900	4
Baltimore, MD	Large	11	18	35	35	33	34	34	36	37	38	37	37	41	44	53	56	56	57	57	56	48	50	52	-7	39	373	38
Baton Rouge, LA	Medium	9	13	17	18	17	21	23	26	26	26	26	31	31	32	32	36	37	37	35	34	37	37	36	-3	31	300	49
Beaumont, TX	Small	5	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	14	16	18	19	23	24	25	26	25	25	23	21	22	-12	55	340	43
Birmingham, AL	Medium	7	9	11	12	13	15	19	20	21	23	28	29	30	30	30	31	32	31	31	30	26	28	27	-16	66	286	52
Boise, ID	Small	2	4	8	9	10	10	9	10	13	16	18	19	20	23	23	23	23	24	25	24	18	21	19	-17	70	850	5
Boston, MA-NH-RI	Very large	13	18	29	29	34	34	35	35	36	39	40	41	44	45	49	51	56	57	56	52	50	48	47	-16	67	262	56
Boulder, CO	Small	9	11	14	15	18	21	21	24	24	27	26	27	28	29	27	27	28	28	31	26	22	15	15	-46	101	67	95
Bridgeport-Stamford, CT-NY	Medium	11	16	22	22	26	25	28	30	29	34	38	41	44	45	47	47	45	47	50	50	39	35	36	-20	81	227	63
Brownsville, TX	Small	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	15	67	1	1,400	1
Buffalo, NY	Large	4	5	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	14	16	16	17	21	20	21	23	21	16	17	17	-15	65	325	46
Cape Coral, FL	Small	8	9	12	14	16	21	24	27	29	27	25	24	23	26	26	27	27	28	32	31	23	23	23	-15	64	188	66
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	Medium	10	14	19	20	22	22	23	23	22	23	25	25	25	25	26	28	29	28	31	30	24	27	25	-14	62	150	74
Charlotte, NC-SC	Large	5	8	11	11	12	11	11	10	12	14	15	17	19	20	22	23	25	25	26	27	26	26	25	0	16	400	30
Chicago, IL-IN	Very large	18	27	39	39	41	41	41	46	52	52	55	55	55	57	66	68	72	77	74	(R) 75	(R) 67	(R) 74	71	-1	29	294	51
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	Large	4	6	14	15	17	19	24	23	24	28	28	27	29	28	28	30	29	28	28	(R) 28	21	19	21	-28	95	425	27
Cleveland, OH	Large	3	3	8	9	10	12	14	17	19	21	19	20	20	18	17	16	19	17	17	(R) 17	20	(R) 20	20	5	14	567	14
Colorado Springs, CO	Medium	6	7	10	10	13	15	18	21	21	27	33	39	45	47	47	45	42	53	50	44	31	31	31	-26	92	417	29
Columbia, SC	Small	4	7	10	10	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	17	18	18	20	20	20	24	28	24	25	25	25	6	525	18
Columbus, OH	Large	2	3	8	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	19	19	18	17	19	17	18	-5	35	800	8
Corpus Christi, TX	Small	5	6	6	(R) 6	7	7	7	7	7	(R) 7	8	(R) 8	9	(R) 9	10	10	(R) 10	11	(R) 11	(R) 9	(R) 11	10	10	0	16	100	88
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	Very large	7	12	19	21	23	26	27	30	30	30	33	39	40	41	43	45	49	51	53	(R) 49	(R) 47	(R) 46	45	-8	43	543	16
Dayton, OH	Medium	7	9	14	14	15	16	15	18	17	19	18	20	19	16	16	15	17	15	15	13	15	15	14	-18	72	100	88
Denver-Aurora, CO	Large	12	14	16	19	21	26	28	32	36	38	41	45	47	47	46	47	50	53	52	49	48	(R) 46	49	-2	30	308	48
Detroit, MI	Very large	14	16	28	29	32	34	32	32	33	34	34	36	36	39	41	42	42	41	42	(R) 41	(R) 36	(R) 32	33	-21	85	136	81
El Paso, TX-NM	Medium	3	4	7	8	11	11	14	12	11	12	14	17	20	22	22	23	27	28	28	26	25	21	21	-22	88	600	11
Eugene, OR	Small	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	9	10	12	15	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	10	9	8	-38	100	60	97
Fresno, CA	Medium	7	7	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	16	17	18	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	12	14	13	-13	59	86	92
Grand Rapids, MI	Medium	4	6	9	9	12	16	15	14	15	15	18	19	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	19	19	0	16	375	36
Greensboro, NC	Small	3	3	5	6	9	11	11	12	18	19	21	23	24	27	28	27	20	19	17	16	14	15	16	-20	81	433	26
Hartford, CT	Medium	5	6	10	10	16	13	15	16	17	20	23	25	26	25	25	25	27	27	31	30	24	24	26	-4	33	420	28
Honolulu, HI	Medium	14	17	26	26	29	29	28	30	29	26	27	27	25	26	25	28	29	32	32	34	31	31	33	14	10	136	81
Houston, TX	Very large	24	34	31	29	27	28	31	31	34	39	40	42	45	48	49	48	52	55	55	(R) 52	(R) 61	(R) 56	57	10	12	138	80
Indianapolis, IN	Large	10	12	16	18	21	27	31	32	33	35	31	30	31	31	32	32	32	30	29	28	25	25	24	-25	91	140	78
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs, CA	Medium	22	21	23	23	22	21	20	19	18	19	18	16	15	14	13	16	17	20	21	19	14	14	14	-18	72	-36	101
Jackson, MS	Small	3	4	4	6	6	6	8	9	9	11	11	12	12	15	16	16	19	20	23	23	19	19	19	0	16	533	17
Jacksonville, FL	Large	10	14	20	20	24	25	26	28	29	28	27	26	26	25	29	31	32	31	31	32	28	26	25	-22	86	150	74
Kansas City, MO-KS	Large	4	8	16	15	17	25	26	25	29	31	31	36	33	32	31	32	28	30	31	27	22	21	23	-18	74	475	21
Knoxville, TN	Medium	6	7	17	17	19	20	22	24	29	29	28	28	26	25	25	25	24	23	21	22	22	21	21	-13	56	250	57
Lancaster-Palmdale, CA	Medium	19	19	16	20	19	16	15	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	15	16	16	17	18	17	16	18	16	0	16	-16	100
Laredo, TX	Small	(R) 1	(R) 2	(R) 2	(R) 3	(R) 3	(R) 3	(R) 3	(R) 5	(R) 6	(R) 7	(R) 7	(R) 7	(R) 7	(R) 8	(R) 8	(R) 9	(R) 8	(R) 8	(R) 10	(R) 12	(R) 13	(R) 12	12	50	3	1,100	2
Las Vegas, NV	Large	5	7	15	17	17	19	21	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	32	33	27	32	28	-7	38	460	23
Little Rock, AR	Small	5	5	7	8	8	10	11	12	13	13	16	19	17	20	16	19	24	23	24	28	22	24	24	0	16	380	34
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	Very large	39	46	80	76	75	70	68	70	72	73	73	76	76	79	80	79	82	82	84	79	60	63	64	-22	87	64	96
Louisville, KY-IN	Large	9	9	10	13	16	18	19	19	21	23	24	25	25	22	24	25	26	25	24	22	21	22	23	-12	53	156	73
Madison, WI	Small	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	11	12	50	3	140	78
McAllen, TX	Medium	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	0	16	600	11
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	Large	5	5	12	13	14	16	18	20	20	21	22	22	24	25	25	28	28	28	28	25	21	24	23	-18	74	360	39
Miami, FL	Very large	10	12	22	22	24	24	25	26	26	28	29	33	38	40	42	44	44	45	44	(R) 42	35	39	38	-14	60	280	53
Milwaukee, WI	Large	9	13	22	23	26	29	27	30	28	28	30	32	32	30	30	31	31	31	28	(R) 28	27	25	27	-13	58	200	65
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	Large	6	10	20	20	23	28	32	34	35	43	45	47	48	53	49	49	50	54	50	48	50	43	45	-10	48	650	9
Nashville-Davidson, TN	Large	17	17	26	25	23	24	31	33	33	36	32	34	36	37	40	43	43	43	41	39	33	35	35	-19	77	106	86
New Haven, CT	Medium	7	11	14	15	18	20	20	22	20	25	30	34	34	37	37	36	32	34	34	33	28	29	28	-13	56	300	49
New Orleans, LA	Large	17	22	22	23	22	22	24	24	22	24	25	26	25	24	24	25	25	26	31	29	28	31	35	40	5	106	86
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT	Very large	10	12	23	21	21	22	25	27	29	32	33	36	35	35	37	42	47	51	50	(R) 61	(R) 52	(R) 53	54	15	9	440	25
Oklahoma City, OK	Medium	5	7	9	11	11	13	12	17	19	22	22	25	23	27	28	25	25	23	27	30	26	25	24	-4	34	380	34
Omaha, NE-IA	Medium	3	4	8	8	10	10	11	11	12	12	14	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	20	19	21	20	21	17	8	600	11
Orlando, FL	Large	11	17	31	35	35	34	35	37	39	42	45	46	47	49	47	46	44	44	44	43	37	41	38	-14	60	245	59
Oxnard-Ventura, CA	Medium	2	4	7	7	8	9	11	12	14	12	13	15	16	18	19	19	21	23	22	24	18	19	19	-10	47	850	5
Pensacola, FL-AL	Small	3	3	8	7	9	10	10	12	14	16	15	15	16	16	17	19	20	21	23	23	18	19	18	-10	48	500	19
Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD	Very large	12	15	20	21	23	21	23	24	24	27	30	31	32	35	38	40	41	42	42	(R) 46	(R) 41	(R) 43	42	2	15	250	57
Phoenix, AZ	Very large	24	23	26	26	27	27	27	25	28	29	30	32	34	37	36	37	38	44	41	41	37	36	35	-8	41	46	98
Pittsburgh, PA	Large	18	20	33	33	31	31	31	36	36	35	34	37	35	37	38	37	38	37	34	35	31	33	31	-18	76	72	94
Portland, OR-WA	Large	11	11	20	21	25	27	27	30	34	34	35	37	38	38	37	39	40	42	41	(R) 41	36	36	37	-8	40	236	60
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	Medium	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	10	9	11	10	0	16	100	88
Providence, RI-MA	Large	2	3	7	7	8	9	9	10	12	13	16	18	19	21	24	26	26	26	24	26	20	19	19	-27	94	850	5
Provo, UT	Small	5	5	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	8	13	180	67
Raleigh-Durham, NC	Large	5	9	17	17	16	18	20	21	22	25	23	25	26	27	29	28	30	31	29	31	25	25	25	-17	68	400	30
Richmond, VA	Medium	4	5	8	9	11	11	14	16	18	16	15	15	13	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	16	19	20	18	7	400	30
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA	Large	3	5	15	17	17	18	15	17	18	18	21	22	24	24	26	29	32	37	38	36	30	30	31	-3	32	933	3
Rochester, NY	Medium	3	4	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	13	12	13	0	16	333	45
Sacramento, CA	Large	9	12	27	26	24	23	25	25	28	25	25	26	27	28	29	30	33	35	35	(R) 34	(R) 25	24	25	-24	90	178	68
Salem, OR	Small	4	6	13	15	18	21	22	23	22	23	25	28	30	36	38	32	31	32	37	36	22	24	22	-29	97	450	24
Salt Lake City, UT	Medium	6	8	13	16	18	22	25	26	25	24	23	24	27	28	30	31	27	25	24	25	24	28	27	0	16	350	40
San Antonio, TX	Large	4	8	8	8	9	9	10	14	17	19	22	25	30	30	30	30	32	33	31	31	28	30	30	-6	37	650	9
San Diego, CA	Very large	8	12	25	23	26	24	23	24	26	27	28	33	35	39	43	42	46	46	45	43	41	37	38	-17	70	375	36
San Francisco-Oakland, CA	Very large	20	38	56	51	51	51	48	52	54	50	53	54	60	59	63	65	68	74	74	71	50	(R) 50	50	-26	93	150	74
San Jose, CA	Large	17	30	46	43	39	36	38	43	42	40	43	49	53	55	54	56	52	54	57	55	38	35	37	-29	96	118	84
San Juan, PR	Large	5	7	14	14	15	16	19	20	20	21	21	23	26	27	29	33	36	34	34	33	30	33	33	-8	44	560	15
Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	Medium	9	13	12	13	12	14	14	13	15	16	16	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	22	20	13	17	16	-20	81	78	93
Seattle, WA	Very Large	10	18	41	43	45	48	48	49	49	52	52	52	49	47	46	48	48	51	50	49	47	44	44	-8	44	340	43
Spokane, WA	Small	6	8	12	15	17	24	24	18	19	21	21	23	22	20	20	19	18	17	18	19	18	16	16	-11	52	167	71
Springfield, MA-CT	Medium	9	10	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	18	17	18	17	18	19	20	19	17	19	18	0	16	100	88
St. Louis, MO-IL	Large	11	14	16	16	19	26	34	40	41	42	42	44	44	40	40	37	37	38	35	32	33	31	30	-19	78	173	70
Stockton, CA	Small	2	3	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	9	9	9	0	16	350	40
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	Large	14	15	20	23	23	24	25	26	26	25	26	27	27	30	33	34	35	34	36	36	35	34	33	-6	36	136	81
Toledo, OH-MI	Medium	2	2	4	4	5	6	9	13	14	15	16	18	19	18	18	17	19	17	17	16	10	12	12	-37	99	500	19
Tucson, AZ	Medium	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	17	17	19	20	21	24	25	28	27	25	21	23	23	-8	42	109	85
Tulsa, OK	Medium	4	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	16	16	18	17	16	18	18	13	11	350	40
Virginia Beach, VA	Large	14	19	24	22	22	23	28	32	36	38	41	43	37	42	43	42	41	41	42	40	35	32	34	-17	69	143	77
Washington, DC-VA-MD	Very large	20	36	53	57	66	67	69	70	73	71	66	70	73	76	78	82	83	83	82	(R) 89	(R) 73	(R) 72	74	-11	51	270	55
Wichita, KS	Medium	6	9	11	11	12	15	16	16	15	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	19	22	22	20	20	20	0	16	233	61
Winston-Salem, NC	Small	4	6	5	6	8	7	6	8	8	9	12	13	13	15	17	18	17	20	19	18	15	16	15	-12	54	275	54
Worcester, MA	Small	7	8	10	11	12	14	16	18	19	19	21	21	22	22	22	20	21	22	21	22	21	20	18	-14	63	157	72
439 Urban area average	439 Areas	14	19	29	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	39	39	39	38	34	34	34	-13	NA	143	NA
101 Urban area average	101 Areas	14	19	30	30	31	31	32	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	46	(R) 46	(R) 40	(R) 40	40	(R) -12	NA	(R) 180	NA
Very large area average	Very large	19	26	41	40	41	41	41	43	45	46	47	49	50	52	54	55	58	60	60	(R) 59	(R) 51	(R) 52	52	(R) -11	NA	(R) 167	NA
Large area average	Large	9	13	20	21	21	23	25	27	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	36	35	(R) 31	31	31	(R) -13	NA	(R) 237	NA
Medium area average	Medium	7	8	12	12	14	15	16	17	17	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	24	25	24	21	(R) 21	21	(R) -9	NA	(R) 222	NA
Small area average	Small	5	6	9	9	11	12	12	13	(R) 15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	18	18	18	(R) -8	NA	(R) 243	NA

KEY: NA = not applicable; R = revised.

Very large urban areas – 3 million and over population.

Large urban areas – 1 million to less than 3 million population.

Medium urban areas – 500,000 to 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

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 2010 and were applied retroactively to past years; these figures are not comparable to those in past editions of NTS. Population group is based on 2010 population.

SOURCE

Texas Transportation Institute, Congestion Data for Your City, Excel spreadsheet of the base statistics for the 101 urban areas and population group summary statistics (College Station, TX: 2011), available at http://mobility.tamu.edu as of Oct. 17, 2011.