11/1/1999
Why are the Roads so Congested? Tables and Graphs
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Tables and Graphs
Graphs comparing the change in population to the change in miles of
highway:
Metro Areas Ranked 1 to 9
Metro Areas Ranked 12 to 19
Metro Areas Ranked 21 to 28
Metro Areas Ranked 33 to 36
Metro Areas Ranked 41 to 48
Metro Areas Ranked 51 to 58
Metro Areas Ranked 61 to 67
Alphabetical Listing of Metro Areas
TRI Rank |
Metro
Areas |
Population |
Miles of Highway |
67 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
NY (67) |
0% |
10% |
36 |
Albuquerque
NM (36) |
28% |
49% |
6 |
Atlanta
GA |
60% |
76% |
25 |
Austin
TX (25) |
66% |
107% |
61 |
Bakersfield
CA (61) |
63% |
40% |
25 |
Baltimore
MD (25) |
26% |
15% |
61 |
Beaumont
TX (61) |
22% |
4% |
8 |
Boston
MA |
6% |
2% |
61 |
Boulder
CO (61) |
38% |
27% |
65 |
Brownsville
TX (65) |
61% |
48% |
65 |
Buffalo-Niagara
Falls NY (65) |
0% |
8% |
25 |
Charlotte
NC (25) |
64% |
113% |
5 |
Chicago
IL-Northwestern IN |
13% |
51% |
28 |
Cincinnati
OH-KY (28) |
12% |
24% |
41 |
Cleveland
OH (41) |
7% |
19% |
51 |
Colorado
Springs CO (51) |
48% |
29% |
33 |
Columbus
OH (33) |
22% |
10% |
67 |
Corpus
Christi TX (67) |
24% |
34% |
21 |
Dallas
TX (21) |
28% |
45% |
16 |
Denver
CO (16) |
33% |
18% |
9 |
Detroit
MI |
5% |
21% |
55 |
El
Paso TX-NM (55) |
36% |
40% |
58 |
Eugene-Springfield
OR (58) |
13% |
12% |
44 |
Fort
Worth TX (44) |
20% |
63% |
48 |
Fresno
CA (48) |
57% |
27% |
21 |
Ft.
Lauderdale... FL (21) |
41% |
37% |
52 |
Hartford-Middletown
CT (52) |
13% |
-4% |
28 |
Honolulu
HI (28) |
24% |
32% |
12 |
Houston
TX (12) |
29% |
68% |
28 |
Indianapolis
IN (28) |
17% |
30% |
47 |
Jacksonville
FL (47) |
34% |
51% |
52 |
Kansas
City MO-KS (52) |
24% |
27% |
61 |
Laredo
TX (61) |
74% |
150% |
9 |
Las
Vegas NV |
156% |
53% |
1 |
Los
Angeles CA |
24% |
25% |
36 |
Louisville
KY-IN (36) |
10% |
41% |
43 |
Memphis
TN-AR-MS (43) |
28% |
55% |
6 |
Miami-Hialeah
FL |
20% |
32% |
33 |
Milwaukee
WI (33) |
4% |
27% |
19 |
Minneapolis-St.
Paul MN (19) |
31% |
35% |
48 |
Nashville
TN (48) |
26% |
54% |
36 |
New
Orleans LA (36) |
4% |
45% |
12 |
New
York NY-Northeastern NJ (12) |
3% |
18% |
41 |
Norfolk
VA (41) |
32% |
24% |
52 |
Oklahoma
City OK (52) |
58% |
23% |
44 |
Omaha
NE-IA (44) |
12% |
16% |
35 |
Orlando
FL (35) |
75% |
74% |
28 |
Philadelphia
PA-NJ (28) |
29% |
32% |
16 |
Phoenix
AZ (16) |
68% |
65% |
55 |
Pittsburgh
PA (55) |
4% |
21% |
12 |
Portland-Vancouver
OR-WA (12) |
33% |
56% |
48 |
Providence-Pawtucket
RI-MA (48) |
9% |
59% |
58 |
Rochester
NY (58) |
-3% |
36% |
21 |
Sacramento
CA (21) |
49% |
23% |
55 |
Salem
OR (55) |
16% |
27% |
28 |
Salt
Lake City UT (28) |
32% |
45% |
46 |
San
Antonio TX (46) |
29% |
17% |
16 |
San
Bernardino-Riverside CA (16) |
44% |
37% |
9 |
San
Diego CA |
47% |
32% |
3 |
San
Francisco-Oakland CA |
19% |
22% |
15 |
San
Jose CA (15) |
35% |
29% |
2 |
Seattle-Everett
WA |
36% |
49% |
58 |
Spokane
WA (58) |
20% |
25% |
21 |
St.
Louis MO-IL (21) |
10% |
46% |
19 |
Tacoma
WA (19) |
40% |
17% |
36 |
Tampa
FL (36) |
54% |
94% |
36 |
Tucson
AZ (36) |
44% |
132% |
4 |
Washington
DC-MD-VA |
28% |
32% |
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All |
22% |
33% |
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