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Curbing Gridlock: Peak-Period Fees to Relieve Traffic Congestion -- Special Report 242 (1994)
Transportation Research Board (TRB)

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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.

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