USA Today's Spin On Mobility Study

USA Today reports on the Texas Transportation Institute annual mobility study. The spin: 3.5 billion hours wasted in traffic.

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September 8, 2004, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"...In the 85 biggest U.S. cities, snarled traffic cost travelers 3.5 billion hours in 2002, up from 700 million in 1982, according to the annual Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute."

See 2004 Mobility Study: Most Congested Cities for the full study.]

The wait for urban commuters in the largest urban areas studies (in hours):

Los Angeles 93

San Francisco 73

Washington 67

Dallas 61

Atlanta 60

Houston 58

Riverside, Calif. 57

Chicago 56

Boston 54

Detroit 53

San Jose, Calif. 53

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Report: Traffic problems take big bite of commuters' time

Tuesday, September 7, 2004 in USA Today

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