congestion
Inrix Study: Boston Ranks as Most Congested US City
A view of Boston at night. For the second consecutive year, it was named the nation's most congested city. (Getty Images)
Boston is home to the Pats, the Sox and wicked traffic. A report published March 9 determined Beantown’s average driver spent nearly 150 hours a year stuck in traffic, good enough to be named the most congested city in the country and ninth in the world.
March 10, 2020Oregon DOT Appoints Leaders for Office on Mobility, Project Delivery
Interstate 5 and Interstate 84 go over the Willamette River near downtown Portland, Ore. (Getty Images)
The Oregon Department of Transportation has announced three leaders to steer its newly formed Office of Urban Mobility and Mega Project Delivery.
January 10, 2020Los Angeles Feasibility Study Will Look at Congestion Pricing
Los Angeles is listed three times on the American Transportation Research Institute’s truck bottlenecks report, which was unveiled Feb. 12. (Getty Images)
Los Angeles has joined the metropolitan areas that are exploring congestion pricing systems.
November 25, 2019NYC Congestion Pricing Encouraged by Transportation Group
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
New York’s congestion pricing plan should include fees on motorists both entering and leaving midtown Manhattan, as well as variable rates linked to peak and off-peak hours to encourage commuters to choose the least busy times to travel, a transportation group recommended.
September 17, 2019Seattle DOT Considers Congestion Pricing
Traffic fills all lanes of Interstate 5 heading into downtown Seattle in October 2017. (Associated Press)
Seattle has become the latest metropolitan area to consider the possibility of congestion pricing to mitigate traffic.
June 3, 2019Congestion Creates $74.5 Billion Burden for Trucking, ATRI Analysis Shows
Virginia Department of Transportation
Traffic congestion on the nation’s highways added $74.5 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2016, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s recent analysis.
October 18, 2018Start of Summer Driving Season Means More Motorists, Analysts Say
Memorial Day travel (Rick Bowmer/Associated Press)
The unofficial start of the summer driving season is finally upon us and that means for millions of drivers it will be that time again to hire a dogsitter, pack the swimsuits, sunblock and folding chairs, and drive to the beach (or lake, or pool) to stay cool.
May 24, 2018Port of Virginia Truckers Get a Chance to Unload on Board Members
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Enough already. That seemed to be the rallying cry for some truckers who got the chance on March 27 to vent about port congestion directly to the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners.
March 28, 2018Authorities Consider Options to Untangle Traffic in Southern California’s Commercial Spine
Traffic moves along the 710 Freeway in Los Angeles (Jamie Rector/Bloomberg News)
For decades, the 710 Freeway has been the commercial spine of Southern California, funneling the trucks carrying thousands of tons of furniture, clothes, televisions and other goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into the region’s sprawling network of freeways and warehouses.
March 1, 2018Washington Town Undertakes $52 Million Road Project to Ease Truck Traffic
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UNION GAP, Wash. — On a daily average, 3,400 trucks hauling freight travel along Main Street and Valley Mall Boulevard in Union Gap, Wash., just to access Interstate 82.
February 5, 2018