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Commuting?

According to the 2010 Urban Mobility Study by the Texas Transportation Institute, Memphis commuters waste fewer hours and less fuel on traffic delays than their counterparts in cities like Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver and Nashville.

A study of highway bottlenecks by the American Highway Users Alliance ranks the major U.S. highway bottlenecks from 1 to 233. Unlike most of its peer cities – Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, Phoenix, Austin and Louisville among others – Memphis does not appear on the list.

A Community Comparison

Urban Area
Annual Delay Time Per Peak Traveler
Annual Excess Fuel Used Per Person
Mean Travel Time to Work
Atlanta, GA
44 hours
35 gallons
30.3 minutes
Austin, TX
39 hours
32 gallons
25.0 minutes
Charlotte, NC
26 hours
22 gallons
25.4 minutes
Chicago, IL
70 hours
52 gallons
30.7 minutes
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
48 hours
36 gallons
26.6 minutes
Denver, CO
47 hours
38 gallons
26.5 minutes
Houston, TX
58 hours
52 gallons
27.7 minutes
Indianapolis, IN
25 hours
19 gallons
24.3 minutes
Los Angeles, CA
63 hours
53 gallons
28.1 minutes
Nashville, TN
35 hours
28 gallons
26.1 minutes
Memphis, TN
24 hours
21 gallons
23.6 minutes
Seattle, WA
44 hours
35 gallons
26.9 minutes
St. Louis, MI
31 hours
27 gallons
24.8 minutes


Sources:
Texas Transportation Institute
2010 U.S. Census American Community Data Sue
Chandler Reports

Page Updated 11 October 2011