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UCR January 2015-March 2015 (FY 2015, Q2)

Urban Congestion Reports

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A Snapshot of Year-to-Year Congestion Trends in the U.S. for January 2015 through March 2015.

Congested Hours

Congested Hours comparison: 5:44 in 2014 and 5:13 in 2015. 2015 is a blue downward arrow indicating the general trend is for improving conditions.

-31 minutes
Average duration of daily congestion

Travel Time Index

Travel Time Index comparison: 1.36 in 2014 and 1.38 in 2015. 2015 is a red upward arrow indicating the general trend is for declining conditions.

+2 points
Peak period vs. off-peak travel times

Planning Time Index

Planning Time Index comparison: 2.81 in 2014 and 2.95 in 2015. 2015 is a red upward arrow indicating the general trend is for declining conditions.

+14 points
Unreliability (variability) of travel

U.S. map graphic showing each of the 52 metropolitan statistical areas identified with a dot of differing size and color relative to their improving or worsening conditions.
Graphic showing the summary of nationwide trends. 9 of the 52 cities (17%) showed improvements in all three measures; 12 of the 52 cities (23%) showed worsening conditions in all three measures; and 31 of the 52 cities (60%) had no change or mixed results among the three measures.
City (MSA) Congested Hours Travel Time Index Planning Time Index % Complete Data
2015 Change from 2014 2015 Change from 2014 2015 Change from 2014
Atlanta, GA 4:06 -1:08 1.32 -2 2.53 -49 99%
Austin, TX 4:02 -0:01 1.35 +2 2.84 -9 92%
Baltimore, MD 7:41 +0:01 1.31 +1 2.69 +9 95%
Birmingham, AL 0:48 -0:26 1.04 0 1.36 -43 100%
Boston, MA 6:51 +0:14 1.39 +6 3.03 +28 96%
Buffalo, NY 8:07 -0:54 1.23 0 2.33 +8 88%
Charlotte, NC 3:22 -1:26 1.22 +1 2.22 +9 97%
Chicago, IL 6:45 -2:50 1.41 -9 3.08 -26 98%
Cincinnati, OH 4:09 -0:33 1.20 -1 2.31 +14 98%
Cleveland, OH 4:43 -1:40 1.20 -3 2.39 -4 96%
Columbus, OH 3:43 -0:11 1.17 +2 2.26 +25 98%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 6:27 +1:05 1.33 +1 2.87 +14 97%
Denver, CO 7:46 +0:26 1.44 +5 3.40 +16 92%
Detroit, MI 5:26 -2:51 1.24 -8 3.00 -5 96%
Hartford, CT 4:30 -0:42 1.19 -1 2.26 +6 92%
Houston, TX 5:21 -0:07 1.39 +5 2.80 -4 96%
Indianapolis, IN 2:49 -3:49 1.12 -6 1.65 -44 99%
Jacksonville, FL 3:29 +0:11 1.19 +4 2.34 +35 94%
Kansas City, MO 3:27 -0:35 1.14 -1 2.02 +13 94%
Las Vegas, NV 3:59 -0:01 1.23 +5 2.19 +20 92%
Los Angeles, CA 8:41 -0:11 1.72 +10 3.98 +27 96%
Louisville, KY 5:13 +0:28 1.19 +3 2.32 +33 98%
Memphis, TN 5:16 -1:24 1.16 -1 1.91 -4 97%
Miami, FL 6:21 -0:13 1.40 +2 3.09 +12 97%
Milwaukee, WI 4:12 -1:22 1.30 -3 2.59 -2 94%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 5:47 -1:39 1.26 -8 2.71 -4 81%
Nashville, TN 4:51 +1:00 1.28 +6 2.73 +38 98%
New Orleans, LA 5:39 -0:15 1.27 -2 3.63 +80 96%
New York, NY 9:12 -0:21 1.46 +3 3.43 +26 93%
Oklahoma City, OK 4:07 +0:07 1.17 +2 2.04 +11 97%
Orlando, FL 4:06 +0:07 1.23 +3 2.38 +13 98%
Philadelphia, PA 7:04 -1:02 1.33 -2 2.89 +1 96%
Phoenix, AZ 3:32 +0:25 1.33 +6 2.60 +18 96%
Pittsburgh, PA 7:07 +0:19 1.30 -3 3.03 +21 94%
Portland, OR 5:50 -2:23 1.41 +1 3.24 +9 96%
Providence, RI 7:41 +0:24 1.28 +2 2.74 +29 91%
Raleigh, NC 2:23 -0:02 1.13 +1 2.01 +4 97%
Richmond, VA 3:48 -0:33 1.11 0 1.76 +11 96%
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 6:39 -0:26 1.33 +6 2.38 +22 98%
Rochester, NY 7:08 -0:34 1.21 +1 2.51 +45 83%
Sacramento, CA 4:24 -0:14 1.27 +4 2.49 +25 96%
Salt Lake City, UT 2:46 -0:03 1.14 +3 1.98 +24 96%
San Antonio, TX 3:13 -0:30 1.25 0 2.53 -11 97%
San Diego, CA 4:25 -0:01 1.35 +5 2.91 +28 94%
San Francisco, CA 7:08 -0:17 1.52 +7 3.53 +36 94%
San Jose, CA 6:15 +0:23 1.52 +9 3.77 +45 93%
San Juan, PR 4:02 +0:10 1.60 +2 3.10 -4 42%
Seattle, WA 6:25 -0:19 1.43 +2 3.13 +25 94%
St. Louis, MO 3:06 -1:59 1.13 -4 1.99 -9 98%
Tampa, FL 4:28 -0:13 1.31 +1 2.86 +15 94%
Virginia Beach, VA 5:44 -0:03 1.21 +2 2.77 +41 93%
Washington, DC 7:35 -0:24 1.43 0 3.39 +24 95%

Notes:
Blue bolded values (with – sign) indicate improving conditions; red italics (with + sign) indicate worsening conditions.
Comparison of 2015 to 2014 is for the same three-month period (January - March).
% Complete Data compares the reported congestion data for that MSA to what should have been available for the designated roads and time periods.

For More Information

Please contact Rich Taylor at rich.taylor@dot.gov.