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CONGESTED HIGHWAYS * USA - Traffic gridlock hits bottom; climbing back up
Less time stuck on congested highways for truckers and commuters
Kirkland,WASH,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -2 Sept 2009: ... According to a National Traffic Scorecard report by Inrix -- a provider of traffic and navigation services in North America -- traffic congestion across the U.S. is on the rise after bottoming out in the second quarter... Signs of economic recovery, new stimulus-funded highway construction projects and lower fuel prices are all contributing to the rise... Inrix found that 64 of the top 100 most populated cities in the U.S. had increased traffic congestion levels at the beginning of this year... The company also said its freight corridor analysis showed the need for a national freight strategy... According to the scorecard, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago were ranked the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country, with the westbound side of the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York the worst... Inrix also analyzed commercial freight traffic concentration, and found that while the nation's busiest long haul freight roadways cut across 28 states, more than 95 percent of this mileage comes from just 10 states, including Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. There appeared to be more long haul freight usage on roads in the middle of the country that serve as thoroughfares, such as I-40, I-75, I-81 and I-35...Labels: streets' congestions
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