1999 Highway Statistics: US Urbanized Areas over 1,000,000
Ranked by Freeway Vehicle Miles per Lane Mile

Rank Urbanized Area State Population Area in Square Miles Population per Square Mile Daily Vehicle Miles per Square Mile Daily Vehicle Miles per Capita Daily Freeway Vehicle Miles per Lane Mile Freeway Lane Miles per 1,000 Residents
1 Los Angeles CA 12,004,000 2,231 5,380 124,170 23.1 23,293 0.440
2 San Francisco-Oakland CA 3,872,000 1,203 3,218 73,010 22.7 19,583 0.603
3 Seattle WA 1,994,000 844 2,363 61,199 25.9 18,845 0.642
4 Riverside-San Bernardino CA 1,345,000 514 2,615 63,210 24.2 18,565 0.651
5 Chicago-Northwestern IN IL 7,705,000 2,731 2,822 57,871 20.5 18,289 0.344
6 San Diego CA 2,556,000 733 3,486 82,553 23.7 17,910 0.695
7 Atlanta GA 2,862,000 1,757 1,629 55,719 34.2 17,750 0.800
8 Phoenix AZ 2,574,000 1,054 2,442 52,003 21.3 17,741 0.372
9 Portland-Vancouver OR 1,338,000 469 2,852 66,066 23.2 17,532 0.527
10 Washington DC 3,489,000 999 3,492 82,120 23.5 17,179 0.559
11 Miami-Hialeah FL 2,102,000 545 3,856 71,508 18.5 17,137 0.358
12 Boston MA 2,917,000 1,138 2,563 51,388 20.0 17,088 0.445
13 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 2,192,000 1,192 1,838 49,426 26.9 16,934 0.705
14 Sacramento CA 1,223,000 383 3,193 74,039 23.2 16,916 0.555
15 Detroit MI 3,886,000 1,304 2,979 68,888 23.1 16,751 0.466
16 Houston TX 2,409,000 1,537 1,567 58,100 37.1 16,652 0.941
17 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach FL 1,470,000 489 3,005 68,687 22.8 16,556 0.490
18 San Jose CA 1,542,000 365 4,222 105,244 24.9 16,544 0.730
19 Cincinnati OH 1,199,000 631 1,902 51,889 27.3 16,201 0.802
20 Denver CO 1,861,000 720 2,584 60,033 23.2 16,004 0.555
21 Las Vegas NV 1,256,000 270 4,647 85,707 18.4 15,650 0.319
22 Milwaukee WI 1,459,000 512 2,848 62,988 22.1 15,474 0.413
23 New York-Northeastern NJ NY 16,430,000 3,963 4,146 65,172 15.7 15,215 0.401
24 Dallas-Fort Worth TX 3,695,000 1,712 2,158 66,366 30.7 15,186 0.844
25 San Antonio TX 1,224,000 485 2,522 64,223 25.4 14,801 0.851
26 Baltimore MD 2,154,000 712 3,024 62,176 20.6 14,755 0.684
27 St. Louis MO 1,971,000 1,123 1,755 53,782 30.6 14,581 0.896
28 Philadelphia PA 3,978,000 1,658 2,400 46,402 19.3 14,086 0.431
29 New Orleans LA 1,065,000 270 3,941 57,333 14.5 13,872 0.389
30 Cleveland OH 1,758,000 838 2,097 46,099 22.0 13,723 0.716
31 Tampa-St Pete-Clearwater FL 1,894,000 1,294 1,463 31,771 21.7 13,430 0.340
32 Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News VA 1,471,000 952 1,545 37,692 24.4 12,977 0.589
33 Orlando FL 1,185,000 667 1,776 46,025 25.9 12,331 0.597
34 Oklahoma City OK 1,039,000 647 1,606 40,589 25.3 12,292 0.704
35 Kansas City MO 1,391,000 1,034 1,345 40,036 29.8 10,952 1.234
36 Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY 1,066,000 564 1,890 37,768 20.0 9,705 0.596
37 Pittsburgh PA 1,559,000 1,431 1,089 25,028 23.0 9,441 0.768

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