October 01, 2003

New Study Highlights Gridlock

The traffic commute? Hey, it could be worse

We now have an idea of just how much worse the region's traffic would be if one million people did not hop on a bus or train every morning. The answer: Without mass transit, your commute would be about one-third longer overall.

Rush Hour travelers in Philadelphia spent 44 hours stuck in traffic in 2001, up 2 hours from the previous year. Nationally, Philadelphia's rush hour congestion was just below the national average.

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