CITY BY CITY DATA FOR CALIFORNIA

Table 1: Ranking of Most Congested California Cities
Table 2: Increase in Congestion by City 1982-1996
Table 3: Impacts of Sprawl on California's Traffic 1982-1996

TABLE 1: 1997 Urban Mobility Conditions
Rank	Metro Area	Travel Rate Index	Annual Person-Hours of Delay	Rank Nationwide
1	Los Angeles, CA	1.51	82	1
2	Seattle, WA	1.43	69	3
3	San Francisco- Oakland, CA	1.42	58	7
4	Washington DC	1.41	76	2
5	Chicago, IL	1.37	44	20
6	Miami, FL	1.34	57	10
6	Atlanta, GA	1.34	68	4
8	Boston, MA	1.32	66	5
9	Detroit, MI	1.31	62	6
9	San Diego, CA	1.31	36	29
9	Las Vegas, NV	1.31	34	32
12	Portland, OR	1.30	52	12
12	New York, NY	1.30	38	26
12	Houston, TX	1.30	58	7
15	San Jose, CA	1.29	45	18
16	San Bernardino-Riverside, CA	1.28	47	15
16	Phoenix, AZ	1.28	35	30
16	Denver, CO	1.28	45	18
19	Tacoma, WA	1.26	29	39
19	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	1.26	34	32
21	Sacramento, CA	1.24	38	26
21	Ft. Lauderdale, FL	1.24	31	35
21	Dallas, TX	1.24	58	7
21	St. Louis. MO	1.24	52	12
25	Baltimore, MD	1.23	47	15
25	Charlotte, NC	1.23	41	21
25	Austin, TX	1.23	53	11
Source: Texas Transportation Institute, 1999 Mobility Study

link to Texas Transportation Institute's annual congestion study