The average American commuter wastes 54 extra hours a year in traffic delays, according to a new study. Commuters in the 15 most-congested cities spent an average of 83 hours stuck in traffic in 2017, the most recent year for which data was available.
A new report has confirmed what we already deduce every morning when we rot in the highway merge lane. People waste countless hours of their precious lives in rush-hour backups, and traffic has gotten so bad in major cities that there isn't really a definitive rush hour anymore: It's just creeping car sludge all the time.
"Approximately 33 percent of total delay occurs in the midday and overnight times of day when travelers and shippers expect free-flow travel."Free-flow travel! A rapidly dimming dream. While there are obvious consequences of bad traffic, like wasted time and all matter of urban planning issues, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute also concludes that time spent re-enacting the opening scene of"Office Space" wasted $8.8 billion dollars and 3.
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