Good news and bad news on traffic congestion
In a recent index showing hours wasted in traffic, the Washington area came in ninth. The top three cities were Los Angeles, Honolulu and San Francisco. It was INRIXs sixth annual report on the subject. Drivers in the 100 largest metropolitan areas wasted an average of 42 hours in 2012, just above Washingtons 41 hours. For this area, that figure was up 18 percent from 2011. In the first quarter of this year, traffic congestion rose another 5 percent.
While bad news for drivers, the gains weve seen in the U.S. in 2013 are cause for some optimism about the direction of the economy, said Bryan Mistele, INRIX president and CEO.
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