MAP-21 Handbook

Appendix D

Reduced congestion costs due to transit by region (TTI)

Urban areaPopulation groupAnnual delay (in 1000s of hours)Annual delay per auto commuter (in hours)Fuel (in 1000 Gallons)Cost ($ in millions)
Anchorage AK< 500,000214130%384.3
Beaumont TX< 500,0003730%50.7
Boise ID< 500,0003920%50.7
Boulder CO< 500,00084110%261.6
Brownsville TX< 500,000199180%284.3
Cape Coral FL< 500,00013250%192.7
Columbia SC< 500,000254100%785.4
Corpus Christi TX< 500,0009450%161.9
Eugene OR< 500,000217160%434.5
Greensboro NC< 500,00011870%332.6
Jackson MS< 500,0005320%21.2
Laredo TX< 500,00010290%192.3
Little Rock AR< 500,0002110%20.4
Madison WI< 500,000227110%344.7
Pensacola FL-AL< 500,0004520%80.9
Provo UT< 500,0004920%10.9
Salem OR< 500,000203160%394.2
Spokane WA< 500,000406200%858.5
Stockton CA< 500,00017880%233.7
Winston-Salem NC< 500,0003920%90.8
Worcester MA< 500,0005420%151.1
Akron OH500,000 - 1 million14340%222.8
Albany-Schenectady NY500,000 - 1 million323100%1016.7
Albuquerque NM500,000 - 1 million21260%334.6
Allentown-Bethlehem PA-NJ500,000 - 1 million25480%415.1
Bakersfield CA500,000 - 1 million20070%454.6
Baton Rouge LA500,000 - 1 million14040%283.2
Birmingham AL500,000 - 1 million19840%604.1
Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY500,000 - 1 million30660%876.4
Charleston-North Charleston SC500,000 - 1 million10640%242.2
Colorado Springs CO500,000 - 1 million389140%1097.6
Dayton OH500,000 - 1 million19850%373.9
El Paso TX-NM500,000 - 1 million764200%13315.7
Fresno CA500,000 - 1 million18550%293.8
Grand Rapids MI500,000 - 1 million25080%475
Hartford CT500,000 - 1 million957210%20918.7
Honolulu HI500,000 - 1 million463120%7908.8
Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs CA500,000 - 1 million15750%253.2
Knoxville TN500,000 - 1 million5120%51
Lancaster-Palmdale CA500,000 - 1 million571180%8710.9
McAllen TX500,000 - 1 million2510%10.5
New Haven CT500,000 - 1 million26980%615.4
Oklahoma City OK500,000 - 1 million11320%122.2
Omaha NE-IA500,000 - 1 million15250%222.8
Oxnard-Ventura CA500,000 - 1 million15640%463.2
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh NY500,000 - 1 million17360%323.5
Richmond VA500,000 - 1 million571110%12210.8
Rochester NY500,000 - 1 million22160%354.3
Sarasota-Bradenton FL500,000 - 1 million11630%242.3
Springfield MA-CT500,000 - 1 million2400.7484.7
Toledo OH-MI500,000 - 1 million1460.5322.9
Tucson AZ500,000 - 1 million3621648.3
Tulsa OK500,000 - 1 million440.140.9
Wichita KS500,000 - 1 million2110.8434
Austin TX500,000 - 1 million1,9412.847238.5
Baltimore MD500,000 - 1 million13,92410.55,685295.8
Buffalo NY1 million - 3 million8041.722416.4
Charlotte NC-SC1 million - 3 million6651.218314.2
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN1 million - 3 million1,2551.429926.2
Cleveland OH1 million - 3 million2,0982.452741.1
Columbus OH1 million - 3 million3100.5746.1
Denver-Aurora CO1 million - 3 million6,3764.73,059130.8
Indianapolis IN1 million - 3 million3600.6837.7
Jacksonville FL1 million - 3 million3980.71048.2
Kansas City MO-KS1 million - 3 million4420.51069.2
Las Vegas NV1 million - 3 million1,3171.734625.5
Louisville KY-IN1 million - 3 million4260.71068.8
Memphis TN-MS-AR1 million - 3 million4140.7968.6
Milwaukee WI1 million - 3 million1,8492.448038
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN1 million - 3 million5,3603.72,129109
Nashville-Davidson TN1 million - 3 million5090.912510.7
New Orleans LA1 million - 3 million1,8794.557941.4
Orlando FL1 million - 3 million1,3991.837729.7
Pittsburgh PA1 million - 3 million5,0584.81,321104.7
Portland OR-WA1 million - 3 million5,5816.11,330113.7
Providence RI-MA1 million - 3 million7471.224814.5
Raleigh-Durham NC1 million - 3 million6851.223014.8
Riverside-San Bernardino CA1 million - 3 million1,1401.130825.2
Sacramento CA1 million - 3 million1,3671.533727.8
Salt Lake City UT1 million - 3 million3,2516.283863.3
San Antonio TX1 million - 3 million1,3661.739526.8
San Jose CA1 million - 3 million1,896262137.2
San Juan PR1 million - 3 million5,7984.81,313116.8
St. Louis MO-IL1 million - 3 million2,8052.31,47261.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg FL1 million - 3 million1,0210.845221.1
Virginia Beach VA1 million - 3 million1,3001.629524.7
Atlanta GA> 3 million8,5894.13,422184.4
Boston MA-NH-RI> 3 million32,47716.613,594662.9
Chicago IL-IN> 3 million91,10923.254,6302,036.50
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX> 3 million6,1372.13,070126.2
Detroit MI> 3 million1,9370.988340.4
Houston TX> 3 million7,0823.21,943147.9
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA> 3 million33,6065.29,424708.8
Miami FL> 3 million9,2763.33,357192.9
New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT> 3 million377,06963146,0987,932.10
Philadelphia PA-NJ-DE-MD> 3 million26,08210.99,924549.5
Phoenix AZ> 3 million2,5191.41,44858.6
San Diego CA> 3 million6,4604.33,221136.3
San Francisco-Oakland CA> 3 million28,43114.912,410586.6
Seattle WA> 3 million14,3778.86,673312.8
Washington DC-VA-MD> 3 million35,56718.115,539725.7
101 Area Total765,886299.6312,83916,151.50
101 Area Average7,58393,097159.9

Source: TTI’s 2011 Urban Mobility Report Powered by INRIX Traffic Data. Texas Transportation Institute. The Texas A&M University System. September 2011. http://mobility.tamu.edu. Note: 1) Data was last updated in 2010 from 2010 2) Cost savings include the value of delay, fuel and truck congestion cost.