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urban transportation,united states,traffic congestion/transportation planning, urban areas, fuel consumption, traffic time, traffic flow, freeways, roads/ |
摘要: |
Congestion is a problem in Americas 437 urban areas and it is getting worse in regions of all sizes. Congestion caused urban Americans to travel 4.2 billion hours more and to purchase an extra 2.9 billion gallons of fuel for a congestion cost of $78 billion (Exhibit 1). This was an increase of 220 million hours, 140 million gallons and $5 billion from 2004. The solution to this problem is really to consider implementing All the solutions. One lesson from more than 20 years of mobility studies is that congestion relief is not just a matter of highway and transit agencies building big projects. Those are important. But so are actions by businesses, shippers, manufacturers and employers, as well as commuters, shoppers, and travelers for all reasons. Agencies, Businesses, Commuters as simple as A-B-C. / NOTE: Final rept. for 27 Sep 01-26 Dec 04. / Supplementary Notes: Prepared in cooperation with Texas Transportation Inst., College Station. Sponsored by John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA. and Federal Highway Administration, McLean, VA. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |