USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand Urban Areas:
Freeway Access and Capacity

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ESTIMATES AT 2005.07.20        
         
TABLES:        
Ranked by Urban Access (Freeway Miles)      
Ranked by Urban Capacity (Lane Miles)      
Data        
         
RANKED BY URBAN ACCESS      
Urban Area Urban Access: Freeway Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank Urban Capacity: Freeway Lane-Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank
Montreal 0.424 1 2.380 4
San Antonio TX 0.416 2 2.108 6
Baltimore MD 0.371 3 1.987 7
Kansas City MO-KS 0.365 4 1.694 9
Toronto 0.348 5 2.666 1
San Diego 0.335 6 2.416 3
San Jose CA 0.323 7 2.295 5
Los Angeles 0.310 8 2.571 2
Cleveland OH 0.287 9 1.618 11
St. Louis MO-IL 0.282 10 1.559 17
New Orleans LA 0.275 11 1.133 32
Columbus OH 0.273 12 1.592 14
San Francisco 0.270 13 1.913 8
Portland OR-WA 0.268 14 1.430 21
Dallas-Fort Worth 0.268 15 1.605 13
Denver-Aurora CO 0.267 16 1.333 24
Houston 0.263 17 1.367 23
Indianapolis IN 0.260 18 1.460 19
New York 0.255 19 1.502 18
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 0.255 20 1.277 26
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 0.251 21 1.611 12
Pittsburgh PA 0.249 22 1.042 37
Washington 0.249 23 1.563 16
Sacramento CA 0.244 24 1.651 10
Buffalo NY 0.240 25 1.103 36
Seattle 0.237 26 1.396 22
Orlando FL 0.237 27 1.147 30
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 0.236 28 1.318 25
Milwaukee WI 0.231 29 1.197 28
Detroit 0.229 30 1.436 20
Providence RI-MA 0.228 31 1.125 35
Las Vegas NV 0.223 32 1.590 15
Oklahoma City OK 0.206 33 1.129 33
Philadelphia 0.199 34 1.013 38
Boston 0.197 35 1.129 34
Miami 0.188 36 1.146 31
Virginia Beach VA 0.184 37 0.940 41
Auckland 0.179 38 0.781 42
Chicago 0.171 39 0.957 40
Phoenix 0.168 40 1.162 29
Melbourne 0.166 41 0.987 39
Vancouver 0.165 42 0.676 43
Atlanta 0.164 43 1.249 27
Sydney 0.140 44 0.618 44
Brisbane 0.120 45 0.489 46
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 0.094 46 0.502 45
Perth 0.064 47 0.312 47
Adelaide 0.023 48 0.109 48
         
RANKED BY URBAN CAPACITY      
Urban Area Urban Access: Freeway Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank Urban Capacity: Freeway Lane-Miles per Urban Square Mile Rank
Toronto 0.348 5 2.666 1
Los Angeles 0.310 8 2.571 2
San Diego 0.335 6 2.416 3
Montreal 0.424 1 2.380 4
San Jose CA 0.323 7 2.295 5
San Antonio TX 0.416 2 2.108 6
Baltimore MD 0.371 3 1.987 7
San Francisco 0.270 13 1.913 8
Kansas City MO-KS 0.365 4 1.694 9
Sacramento CA 0.244 24 1.651 10
Cleveland OH 0.287 9 1.618 11
Riverside-San Bernardino CA 0.251 21 1.611 12
Dallas-Fort Worth 0.268 15 1.605 13
Columbus OH 0.273 12 1.592 14
Las Vegas NV 0.223 32 1.590 15
Washington 0.249 23 1.563 16
St. Louis MO-IL 0.282 10 1.559 17
New York 0.255 19 1.502 18
Indianapolis IN 0.260 18 1.460 19
Detroit 0.229 30 1.436 20
Portland OR-WA 0.268 14 1.430 21
Seattle 0.237 26 1.396 22
Houston 0.263 17 1.367 23
Denver-Aurora CO 0.267 16 1.333 24
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 0.236 28 1.318 25
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN 0.255 20 1.277 26
Atlanta 0.164 43 1.249 27
Milwaukee WI 0.231 29 1.197 28
Phoenix 0.168 40 1.162 29
Orlando FL 0.237 27 1.147 30
Miami 0.188 36 1.146 31
New Orleans LA 0.275 11 1.133 32
Oklahoma City OK 0.206 33 1.129 33
Boston 0.197 35 1.129 34
Providence RI-MA 0.228 31 1.125 35
Buffalo NY 0.240 25 1.103 36
Pittsburgh PA 0.249 22 1.042 37
Philadelphia 0.199 34 1.013 38
Melbourne 0.166 41 0.987 39
Chicago 0.171 39 0.957 40
Virginia Beach VA 0.184 37 0.940 41
Auckland 0.179 38 0.781 42
Vancouver 0.165 42 0.676 43
Sydney 0.140 44 0.618 44
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL 0.094 46 0.502 45
Brisbane 0.120 45 0.489 46
Perth 0.064 47 0.312 47
Adelaide 0.023 48 0.109 48
         
DATA        
Urban Area Population (000) Land Area (Square Miles) Freeway Route Miles Lane Miles
Adelaide 1,000 350 8 38
Atlanta 3,500 1,830 300 2,285
Auckland 1,023 205 37 160
Baltimore MD 2,310 770 286 1,530
Boston 3,990 2,100 414 2,370
Brisbane 1,450 740 89 362
Buffalo NY 1,130 580 139 640
Chicago 8,125 2,785 475 2,665
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN 1,605 880 208 1,160