Traffic Congestion in U.S. Cities, 2002

Rank	Urban area	Annual delay per person in hours
1.	Los Angeles, Calif.	136
2.	San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.	92
3.	Washington, DC-Md.-Va.	84
4.	Seattle-Everett, Wash.	82
5.	Houston, Tex.	75
6.	San Jose, Calif.	74
6.	Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.	74
8.	New York, N.Y.-Northeastern N.J.	73
9.	Atlanta, Ga.	70
10.	Miami-Hialeah, Fla.	69
11.	Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind.	67
11.	Boston, Mass.	67
11.	Denver, Colo.	67
14.	Orlando, Fla.	66
15.	San Bernardino-Riverside, Calif.	64
16.	Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, Fla.	61
16.	Austin, Tex.	61
18.	Phoenix, Ariz.	59
19.	Detroit, Mich.	55
20.	Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.	54
21.	San Diego, Calif.	51
22.	Baltimore, Md.	50
23.	Portland-Vancouver, Ore.-Wash.	47
23.	Charlotte, N.C.	47
25.	Louisville, Ky.-Ind.	46
26.	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla.	45
26.	Albuquerque, N.M.	45
28.	Nashville, Tenn.	44
29.	Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky.	43
29.	W. Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, Fla.	43
29.	Indianapolis, Ind.	43
29.	San Antonio, Tex.	43
29.	St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.	43
34.	Sacramento, Calif.	42
34.	Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J.	42
36.	Providence-Pawtucket, R.I.-Mass.	41
37.	Las Vegas, Nev.	38
38.	Columbus, Ohio	36
39.	Tacoma, Wash.	34
39.	Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.-Miss.	34
41.	Milwaukee, Wis.	32
41.	Jacksonville, Fla.	32
43.	Birmingham, Ala.	31
44.	Colorado Springs, Colo.	27
45.	Charleston, S.C.	26
46.	Tucson, Ariz.	25
46.	Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach, Va.	25
46.	Omaha, Neb.-Iowa	25
49.	Fresno, Calif.	24
49.	Honolulu, Hawaii	24
49.	Pensacola, Fla.	24

NOTE: Study conducted in 75 urbanized areas.

Source: Texas Transportation Institute, the Texas A&M University System. The 2002 Urban Mobility Report, David Schrank and Tim Lomax. Web: http://mobility.tamu.edu .

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