The Price Of Traffic Congestion

A study by the Texas Transportation Institute found that "[g]overnments are not building enough roads to keep pace with new businesses and residents, and people are moving and working farther and farther from downtowns. The study found that the average person spent 36 hours a year sitting in traffic in 1999, up from 11 hours in 1982. Rush hour has grown to six hours each day, three hours each morning and three hours each evening, twice as long as in 1982."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan