Friday, November 2, 2012

Understanding How Traffic Works

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 Tired of traffic? Check out this article from Howstuffworks.com to see how this everyday event really affects you: bit.ly/SllxNM

 


 

"The 2007 study revealed that in 28 urban areas, including cities like Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco, Orlando and Minneapolis-St. Paul, drivers spent an entire work week sitting in traffic each year.­ In Los Angeles, the country's benchmark for traffic congestion, it could be up to nearly two weeks.

 Traffic has serious consequences, and not just on your well-being. The estimated cost of traffic for 2005 was more than $78 billion (in fuel and wasted time), and that doesn't take into account factors like environmental damage or health co­sts due to pollution [source: TTI]. In fact, Americans bought 2.9 billion extra gallons of gas because of traffic congestion. The average annual cost to an individual driver was $710 [source: TTI]."

 Courtesy of Howstuffworks.com

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