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Truck Shipping Costs * USA - Urban Congestion Boosts They
TX,USA -Light & Medium Truck -November 2007: -- Texas Transportation Institute recently released newest Urban Mobility Report... Report's findings based on congestion figures from 437 urban areas. Urban traffic bottlenecks cost Americans $78.2B in wasted fuel, time during 2005. Up more than $5B from previous year. Cost to trucking industry much higher... Researchers estimated cost of delays at $14.60/hour person travel, $77.10/hour truck time. Truck time measures time, fuel consumed, not added cost to every consumer good hauled by truck...
Solutions:
* Up efficiency of transportation network by clearing accidents quickly
* Meter traffic, add capacity to critical corridors, relieve choke points
* Implement flexible work hours, telecommuting
* More high-speed toll lanes on existing roads to fund added capacity projects
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