If there is good news from the bad economy, it may be less time in traffic.
College Station-based Texas Transportation Institute has released its latest Urban Mobility Study. And for the first time in the study’s 25-year history, there are back-to-back years of decline in rush-hour traffic congestion.
The study says the average U.S. driver spent 36.1 hours in traffic in 2007 compared to 36.6 in 2006 and a peak of 37.4 in 2005.
Los Angeles traffic is getting better, but it still tops the list of traffic jams. Washignton’s traffic, however, is getting worse — and the nation’s capital now ranks second.
Researchers say higher gas prices and a tanked economy are making the difference.