Vehicle Miles per Capita in
US Urban Areas over 1,000,000: 1982-1997
|
Rank |
Urban Area |
1982 |
1997 |
Change |
|
1 |
Atlanta GA |
19.8 |
36.9 |
85.9% |
|
2 |
St. Louis MO-IL |
15.5 |
28.6 |
84.2% |
|
3 |
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA |
13.0 |
22.4 |
71.7% |
|
4 |
Kansas City MO-KS |
18.4 |
29.0 |
58.1% |
|
5 |
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY |
12.0 |
18.7 |
56.4% |
|
6 |
Milwaukee WI |
17.0 |
25.5 |
50.2% |
|
7 |
Cincinnati OH-KY |
17.4 |
26.0 |
49.6% |
|
8 |
San Bernardino-Riverside CA |
15.0 |
22.4 |
49.5% |
|
9 |
New Orleans LA |
10.9 |
16.0 |
47.0% |
|
10 |
Fort Worth TX |
19.1 |
27.7 |
45.2% |
|
11 |
Chicago IL-Northwestern IN |
13.5 |
19.5 |
44.3% |
|
12 |
Cleveland OH |
14.3 |
20.6 |
44.2% |
|
13 |
Washington DC-MD-VA |
16.7 |
23.6 |
41.5% |
|
14 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN |
17.1 |
24.1 |
41.1% |
|
15 |
Seattle-Everett WA |
18.0 |
25.3 |
40.9% |
|
16 |
Baltimore MD |
14.4 |
20.1 |
39.8% |
|
17 |
Las Vegas NV |
12.9 |
17.7 |
36.6% |
|
18 |
Miami-Hialeah FL |
13.5 |
18.1 |
34.4% |
|
19 |
Detroit MI |
16.3 |
21.8 |
34.1% |
|
20 |
New York NY-Northeastern NJ |
11.0 |
14.7 |
33.6% |
|
21 |
San Antonio TX |
18.7 |
24.9 |
32.7% |
|
22 |
Dallas TX |
21.2 |
28.0 |
31.9% |
|
23 |
Los Angeles CA |
16.7 |
22.0 |
31.6% |
|
24 |
San Francisco-Oakland CA |
16.0 |
21.0 |
31.5% |
|
25 |
Pittsburgh PA |
14.8 |
19.0 |
28.7% |
|
26 |
Boston MA |
15.3 |
19.3 |
26.2% |
|
27 |
Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Bch FL |
17.5 |
21.8 |
24.7% |
|
28 |
Sacramento CA |
18.3 |
22.1 |
20.9% |
|
29 |
Houston TX |
22.5 |
27.2 |
20.8% |
|
30 |
San Jose CA |
18.4 |
22.1 |
20.1% |
|
31 |
Philadelphia PA-NJ |
12.6 |
14.2 |
12.4% |
|
32 |
Phoenix AZ |
19.2 |
21.3 |
10.9% |
|
33 |
Denver CO |
19.9 |
21.8 |
10.0% |
|
34 |
San Diego CA |
20.1 |
21.5 |
6.7% |
Source: Calculated from Texas Transportation Institute data
1982 is first year of data series |
(c) 2000 www.publicpurpose.com --- Wendell Cox Consultancy --- Permission granted to use with attribution.
| NAVIGATION & PUBLICATION SERIES |
|
