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Reason Foundation
Mobility Project

Building Roads to Reduce Traffic Congestion in America's Cities:
How Much and at What Cost?
By David T. Hartgen, Ph.D., P.E. and M. Gregory Fields
Project Director: Robert W. Poole, Jr.


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Cities Ranked by Worst Travel Time Delays

Cities With 2030 Travel Time Delays Worse Than Today's Los Angeles (1.75)

  
City Population in 2030 (000s) Congestion Index in 2030
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach
2. Chicago
3. Washington
4. San Francisco-Oakland
5. Atlanta
6. Miami
7. Denver-Aurora
8. Seattle-Tacoma, WA
9. Las Vegas
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul
11. Baltimore
12. Portland 		15,652
9,522
5,973
4,968
5,009
7,551
3,210
3,963
1,029
3,370
2,437
2,513 		1.94
1.88
1.87
1.86
1.85
1.84
1.80
1.79
1.79
1.76
1.75
1.75

Additional Cities With 2030 Travel Time Delays Worse Than Today's Chicago (1.56)
13. New York-Newark
14. Sacramento
15. Dallas-Fort Worth
16. San Diego
17. San Jose
18. Phoenix-Mesa
19. Riverside-San Bernardino
20. Charlotte
21. Bridgeport-Stamford
22. Boston
23. Houston
24. Philadelphia
25. Tucson
26. Salt Lake City
27. Orlando 		21,295
2,488
7,014
3,720
2,036
5,313
2,629
1,185
1,018
4,636
3,987
5,879
1,094
1,251
2,112 		1.74
1.73
1.73
1.70
1.65
1.64
1.64
1.62
1.62
1.62
1.61
1.61
1.60
1.59
1.59

More Cities
28. Austin
29. Tampa-St. Petersburg
30. Detroit
31. Cincinnati
32. Oxnard-Ventura
33. San Antonio
34. Louisville
35. Colorado Springs
36. St. Louis
37. Indianapolis
38. Sarasota-Bradenton
39. Memphis
40. Reno
41. Virginia Beach
42. Raleigh
43. Durham
44. El Paso
45. Providence-Fall River
46. Albuquerque
47. Omaha
48. Jacksonville
49. Cape Coral
50. Milwaukee
51. Nashville-Davidson
52. Charleston
53. Kansas City
54. Birmingham
55. Honolulu
56. New Orleans
57. Columbus
58. Fresno
59. Myrtle Beach
60. Texas City
61. Grand Rapids
62. New Haven
63. Richmond-Petersburg
64. Buffalo
65. Bethlehem
66. Pittsburgh
67. Oklahoma City
68. Tulsa
69. McAllen
70. Fredericksburg
71. Fairfield
72. Pensacola
73. Simi Valley
74. Hartford
75. Salem 		1,391
2,863
4,277
1,890
775
1,963
1,091
742
2,324
1,267
857
1,277
453
1,794
970
406
795
1,411
766
805
1,359
547
1,460
1,433
515
1,859
802
693
1,053
1,572
836
219
173
758
611
1,216
1,011
702
1,630
1,069
704
676
222
196
426
234
989
311 		1.54
1.50
1.50
1.47
1.46
1.45
1.44
1.43
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.40
1.39
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.37
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.36
1.35
1.34
1.34
1.33
1.32
1.31
1.31
1.30
1.30
1.28
1.28
1.28
1.27
1.27
1.26
1.26
1.26
1.26
1.26
1.25
1.25
1.25
1.24
1.24
1.23
1.23



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