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Jul 8, 2007

Study * USA - Half of urban interstates are clogged

Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban interstates are congested, and traffic fatality rates are up slightly, but road surface and bridge conditions have improved

USA -Reason website/eTrucker, by Kristie Busam -5 July 2007: -- According to the Reason Foundation’s latest Annual Report on the Performance of State Highway Systems, with detailed information for each state... Drivers in California, Minnesota, New Jersey and North Carolina are stuck in the worst traffic, with more than 70 percent of urban interstates in those states qualifying as congested, the study shows... The report found that fatality rates per 100 million vehicle miles vary significantly from state to state, from 0.79 in Massachusetts to 2.256 in Montana. The national average was 1.453 fatalities, up slightly from 1.440 in 2004... Reason's 2006 study showing how congested each city in the country will be in 2030 and how many new lane miles are needed to eliminate congestion is also on the website...

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