US Urbanized Areas:
2000 Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile
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Rank |
Urbanized Area |
Traffic Density (VMT/Sq. Mile) |
Daily Traffic per Freeway Lane Mile |
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1 |
Los Angeles |
125,860 |
23,394 |
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2 |
San Francisco-Oakland |
75,044 |
20,825 |
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3 |
Riverside-San Bernardino |
63,962 |
18,942 |
|
4 |
San Diego |
85,687 |
18,816 |
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5 |
Miami-Hialeah |
123,447 |
18,736 |
|
6 |
San Jose |
105,049 |
18,721 |
|
7 |
Sacramento |
77,608 |
18,669 |
|
8 |
Atlanta |
57,309 |
18,562 |
|
9 |
Phoenix |
55,412 |
18,432 |
|
10 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach |
82,334 |
18,333 |
|
11 |
Chicago-Northeastern IN |
57,963 |
18,199 |
|
12 |
Portland-Vancouver |
67,201 |
17,977 |
|
13 |
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach |
114,174 |
17,800 |
|
14 |
Boston |
52,162 |
17,671 |
|
15 |
Washington |
83,042 |
17,639 |
|
16 |
Detroit |
70,827 |
17,169 |
|
17 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul |
50,940 |
17,143 |
|
18 |
Las Vegas |
89,363 |
16,572 |
|
19 |
Seattle |
60,936 |
16,569 |
|
20 |
Houston |
59,781 |
16,473 |
|
21 |
Denver |
61,106 |
16,447 |
|
22 |
Cincinnati |
51,754 |
16,194 |
|
23 |
Milwaukee |
61,561 |
16,104 |
|
24 |
Dallas-Fort Worth |
68,077 |
15,625 |
|
25 |
San Juan |
63,560 |
15,539 |
|
26 |
Baltimore |
63,231 |
15,383 |
|
27 |
New York-Northeastern NJ |
66,609 |
15,346 |
|
28 |
San Antonio |
68,959 |
14,952 |
|
29 |
St. Louis |
52,278 |
14,578 |
|
30 |
Philadelphia |
57,168 |
14,049 |
|
31 |
New Orleans |
57,088 |
13,620 |
|
32 |
Cleveland |
45,107 |
13,511 |
|
33 |
Orlando |
81,742 |
13,053 |
|
34 |
Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater |
68,421 |
12,939 |
|
35 |
Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News |
36,332 |
12,771 |
|
36 |
Oklahoma City |
40,155 |
11,975 |
|
37 |
Kansas City |
39,756 |
11,246 |
|
38 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls |
38,029 |
10,014 |
|
39 |
Pittsburgh |
32,811 |
9,365 |
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Source: Calculated from "Highway Statistics 2000" |
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