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Rush hour times decrease to "just" 36.1 hours per traveler; "only" 2.8 billion gallons of gas wasted

Silver lining. Opportunity. Sign of the times. Whatever you want to call it, high gas prices and the dire economy have reduced national average rush hour traffic times for the second year in a row. In some cities, like Washington, D.C., traffic is getting worse, but the average U.S. driver spent "just" 36.1 hours in rush hour traffic in 2007 (no 2008 data is available yet), down from 36.6 in 2006 and 37.4 in 2005. These numbers were released by the Texas Transportation Institute, but they're likely not a sign of things to come. TTI says that ... Read more →

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Rush hour times decrease to "just" 36.1 hours per traveler; "only" 2.8 billion gallons of gas wasted 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

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