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Traffic Getting Worse Around United States

The Texas Transportation Institute released its annual Urban Mobility Report today (complete report here). It confirmed what it's is obvious to see from a drive to work every day: traffic is getting worse. Specifically, the press release reports:

• Annual delay per peak period (rush hour) traveler, which has grown from 16 hours to 46 hours since 1982,
  
• Annual financial cost of traffic congestion, which has ballooned from $14 billion to more than $63 billion since 1982 (as expressed in 2002 dollars), and
  
• Wasted fuel, totaling 5.6 billion gallons lost to engines idling in traffic jams.

1. Los Angeles-Long Beach
   
2. San Francisco-Oakland
   
3. Washington, D.C.
   
4. Dallas-Ft. Worth
   
5. Houston
   
6. Chicago
   
7. Boston
   
8. Detroit
   
9. Miami
   
10. New York City

Rick Bruner | September 8, 2004 | News | Permanent link
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Comments

First sentence should probably be split into two, and "it's" should be "is."

The Texas Transportation Institute released its annual Urban Mobility Report today (complete report here). It has confirmed what is obvious to see from a drive to work every day: traffic is getting worse.

Posted by: SK at Sep 8, 2004 6:24:01 PM

Nice one. Is that your first? I can't keep track.

Posted by: Rick Bruner at Sep 9, 2004 12:21:12 PM

Yep, first one.

Posted by: SK at Sep 9, 2004 1:26:11 PM