Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Colorado: 2000
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in Colorado: 2000
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | Total roadway miles | Total DVMT (thousands) | Estimated population (thousands) | Net land area (square miles) | Persons per square mile | Miles of roadway per thousand persons | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 7,007 | 43,997 | 1,993 | 720 | 2,768 | 3.5 | 22.1 | 1,028 | 16,447 |
| Colorado Springs | 1,802 | 8,477 | 465 | 220 | 2,114 | 3.9 | 18.2 | 228 | 11,039 |
| Fort Collins | 617 | 2,565 | 157 | 84 | 1,869 | 3.9 | 16.3 | 45 | 7,364 |
| Pueblo | 627 | 2,005 | 122 | 75 | 1,627 | 5.1 | 16.4 | 117 | 6,362 |
| Greeley | 486 | 1,403 | 107 | 76 | 1,408 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 84 | 4,704 |
| Grand Junction | 565 | 1,571 | 101 | 78 | 1,295 | 5.6 | 15.5 | 54 | 2,948 |
| Boulder | 371 | 1,770 | 95 | 39 | 2,436 | 3.9 | 18.6 | 49 | 10,007 |
| Longmont | 301 | 828 | 71 | 19 | 3,737 | 4.2 | 11.7 | 2 | 8,031 |
1 A "federal-aid urbanized area" is an area with 50,000 or more persons that, at a minimum, encompasses the land area delineated as the urbanized area by the U.S. Census Bureau. Areas are ranked by population. 2Lane miles estimated by the Federal Highway
KEY: DVMT = daily vehicle-miles of travel.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.