Which streets carry the most traffic, and where has it grown?
Asked August 25, 2026 Figures as of October 12, 2026
41st Street and 12th Street. The 15 busiest counter Stations in the 2025 record sit on 6 streets, and the top figure is 49,100 on 41st Street Between Louise Avenue & Kiwanis Avenue, the largest Count in the 2025 record. Over ten years, of the 551 Stations counted at both ends, 344 rose and 154 fell by more than the city's rounding. The largest rises are on 12th Street and Russell Street. Over ten years the largest fall is on 10th Street; over twenty, on 41st Street.
The busiest Stations, 2025
Each Station's newest charted Count. The city states no unit; the figures are shown as published.
| Station | Count | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 41ST STREET between LOUISE AVENUE & KIWANIS AVENUE | 49,100 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between EBENEZER AVENUE & I-29 | 45,500 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between LYONS BOULEVARD & WESTPORT AVENUE | 44,800 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between I-29 & LYONS BOULEVARD | 42,500 | 2025 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between AVERA DRIVE & 69th STREET | 39,100 | 2025 |
| MINNESOTA AVENUE between 33rd STREET & 37th STREET | 38,000 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between KIWANIS AVENUE & ELMWOOD AVENUE | 36,600 | 2025 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between I-229 SOUTH RAMP & AVERA DRIVE | 36,300 | 2025 |
| MINNESOTA AVENUE between I-229 NORTH RAMPS & I-229 SOUTH RAMPS | 36,300 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between ELMWOOD AVENUE & WESTERN AVENUE | 35,800 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between WESTPORT AVENUE & KIWANIS AVENUE | 35,800 | 2025 |
| 12TH STREET between MARION ROAD & EBENEZER AVENUE | 35,300 | 2025 |
| MINNESOTA AVENUE between 26th STREET & 33rd STREET | 35,300 | 2025 |
| RUSSELL STREET between KIWANIS AVENUE & WESTERN AVENUE | 35,100 | 2025 |
| 26TH STREET between I-29 EAST RAMPS & SHIRLEY AVENUE | 35,000 | 2025 |
Change over 10 years
551 Stations have a charted Count at both ends of the span (within a year either side). 344 rose and 154 fell by 300 or more; 53 moved less than that, which is rounding, not change.
| 12TH STREET between EBENEZER AVENUE & I-29 | 27,300 → 45,500 | +18,200 |
| RUSSELL STREET between KIWANIS AVENUE & WESTERN AVENUE | 19,800 → 35,100 | +15,300 |
| 12TH STREET between KIWANIS AVENUE & ELMWOOD AVENUE | 21,700 → 36,600 | +14,900 |
| 12TH STREET between MARION ROAD & EBENEZER AVENUE | 21,500 → 35,300 | +13,800 |
| 12TH STREET between WESTERN AVENUE & WEST AVENUE | 20,300 → 33,900 | +13,600 |
| 41ST STREET between ELLIS ROAD & GRINNELL AVENUE | 7,800 → 21,000 | +13,200 |
| ELLIS ROAD between 32nd STREET & 41st STREET | 6,700 → 19,600 | +12,900 |
| 69TH STREET between CHARGER AVENUE & SOUTHEASTERN AVENUE | 4,600 → 17,300 | +12,700 |
| 10TH STREET between FRANKLIN AVENUE & FAIRFAX AVENUE | 27,900 → 14,600 | −13,300 |
| 10TH STREET between CLIFF AVENUE & BLAUVELT AVENUE | 29,200 → 16,300 | −12,900 |
| MAPLE STREET between RUSSELL STREET & WESTPORT AVENUE | 13,000 → 2,800 | −10,200 |
| 41ST STREET between ELMWOOD AVENUE & WESTERN AVENUE | 26,100 → 16,000 | −10,100 |
| MINNESOTA AVENUE between 41st STREET & I-229 NORTH RAMPS | 29,500 → 19,600 | −9,900 |
| SYCAMORE AVENUE between 26th STREET & 33rd STREET | 26,100 → 17,000 | −9,100 |
| 10TH STREET between BLAUVELT AVENUE & JESSICA AVENUE | 23,800 → 15,400 | −8,400 |
| 10TH STREET between I-229 & CLEVELAND AVENUE | 33,400 → 25,200 | −8,200 |
Change over 20 years
476 Stations have a charted Count at both ends of the span (within a year either side). 284 rose and 151 fell by 300 or more; 41 moved less than that, which is rounding, not change.
| 12TH STREET between MARION ROAD & EBENEZER AVENUE | 13,200 → 35,300 | +22,100 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between I-229 SOUTH RAMP & AVERA DRIVE | 15,100 → 36,300 | +21,200 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between AVERA DRIVE & 69th STREET | 18,000 → 39,100 | +21,100 |
| 12TH STREET between EBENEZER AVENUE & I-29 | 26,800 → 45,500 | +18,700 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between 77th STREET & 85th STREET | 4,100 → 22,500 | +18,400 |
| LOUISE AVENUE between 69th STREET & 74th STREET | 6,100 → 23,700 | +17,600 |
| 69TH STREET between CLIFF AVENUE & CHARGER AVENUE | 375 → 17,300 | +16,925 |
| 69TH STREET between CHARGER AVENUE & SOUTHEASTERN AVENUE | 600 → 17,300 | +16,700 |
| 41ST STREET between ELMWOOD AVENUE & WESTERN AVENUE | 31,100 → 16,000 | −15,100 |
| 41ST STREET between I-29 WEST RAMPS & I-29 EAST RAMPS | 33,100 → 23,500 | −9,600 |
| 41ST STREET between KIWANIS AVENUE & ELMWOOD AVENUE | 31,100 → 22,000 | −9,100 |
| 41ST STREET between WESTERN AVENUE & WEST AVENUE | 29,200 → 20,200 | −9,000 |
| 10TH STREET between FAIRFAX AVENUE & CLIFF AVENUE | 22,700 → 14,200 | −8,500 |
| 10TH STREET between BLAUVELT AVENUE & JESSICA AVENUE | 23,600 → 15,400 | −8,200 |
| 10TH STREET between FRANKLIN AVENUE & FAIRFAX AVENUE | 22,700 → 14,600 | −8,100 |
| 10TH STREET between I-229 & CLEVELAND AVENUE | 32,900 → 25,200 | −7,700 |
Method
Counted: the 627 counter Stations in the city's Traffic Count Segment layer and their 15,908 published station-year Counts, 1991–2025. A Station is ranked by its newest Count that is not zero; the 161 zeros in the record are Not charted, because the city has not said whether a zero is no traffic or no count, and the 2 Stations with no charted Count at all appear in no table. 467 Stations were counted in each of the last ten years; the rest are read every few years, so a "ten-year" change takes the Count nearest each end, within a year, the earlier year when two are equally near.
15,043 of the 15,908 Counts are multiples of 100, and the city states no unit, so a Count is never captioned as vehicles per day and a difference under 300 is treated as rounding. That margin is a choice, deliberately wide: rounding alone can put two rounded figures at most 100 apart. Rises and falls are ranked by the difference in the city's numbers, not by percentage, which would put the smallest counters first. The 276 Stations the state counts inside the city's layer are included; SDDOT's own statewide program is a separate dataset not read here.
A Station that fell is a Station that fell; whether traffic moved to a parallel street or a new interchange is not in this record and is not asserted.
Sources
- Traffic Counts as of October 12, 2026