NPR's Talk of the Nation presents an interesting discussion about traffic issues.
Talk of the Nation features an interesting discussion on issues realted to traffic congestion. The Administrator for the Federal Highway Administration, Mary Peters, was qick to emphasize that transportation choice is the American Way. " Most urban commuters spend more than sixty hours a year ....sitting in traffic. In the same amount of time, you could take semester of french classes or watch the Godfather trilogy... six times." You can listen online to a streaming audio archive of the show at the lnk below.
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FULL STORY: Traffic Solutions

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