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CURBING GRIDLOCK: Peak-Period Fees To Relieve Traffic Congestion
TABLE A-1 Roadway Congestion Levels in 1989 for 50 Metropolitan Areas(Shrank et al. 1993)
Urban Area
Roadway Congestion Index
Rank
Urban Area
Roadway Congestion Index
Rank
Los Angeles, Calif.
1.55
1
St. Louis, Mo.
0.99
25
Washington, D.C.
1.37
2
Cleveland, Ohio
0.97
27
San Francisco–Oakland, Calif.
1.35
3
Cincinnati,Ohio
0.96
28
Miami, Fla.
1.26
4
Norfolk, Va.
0.96
28
Chicago, Ill.
1.25
5
Austin, Tex.
0.94
30
San Diego, Calif.
1.22
6
Ft. Lauderdale,Fla.
0.94
30
Seattle–Everett, Wash.
1.20
7
Jacksonville,Fla.
0.94
30
San Bernardino–Riverside, Calif.
1.19
8
Albuquerque, N.Mex.
0.93
33
New York, N.Y.
1.14
9
Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minn.
0.93
33
Houston, Tex.
1.12
10
Memphis, Tenn.
0.91
35
New Orleans, La.
1.12
10
Fort Worth, Tex.
0.90
36
Atlanta, Ga.
1.11
12
Hartford, Conn.
0.89
37
Honolulu, Hawaii
1.11
12
Nashville, Tenn.
0.89
37
Detroit, Mich.
1.09
14
San Antonio, Tex.
0.88
39
Portland, Oreg.
1.07
15
Louisville, Ky.
0.86
40
Boston, Mass.
1.06
16
Salt Lake City, Utah
0.85
41
Dallas, Tex.
1.05
17
Columbus, Ohio
0.83
42
Philadelphia, Pa.
1.05
17
Indianapolis,Ind.
0.83
42
Tampa, Fla.
1.05
17
Pittsburgh, Pa.
0.8
44
San Jose, Calif.
1.04
20
Oklahoma City,Okla.
0.79
45
Denver, Colo.
1.03
21
Charlotte, N.C.
0.78
46
Phoenix, Ariz.
1.03
21
El Paso, Tex.
0.74
47
Sacramento, Calif.
1.02
23
Kansas City, Mo.
0.74
47
Baltimore, Md.
1.01
24
Corpus Christi, Tex.
0.72
49
Milwaukee, Wis.
0.99
25
Orlando, Fla.
0.72
49
NOTE: Based on the index used by Shrank et al. (1993), a score of 1 indicates that an area has undesirable levels of areawide congestion.