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DC is #1 in the Country For Traffic Congestion
Two years ago, a report from Inrix Inc. said that there was a 26 percent drop in DC area traffic congestion in 2008. That nice trend does not seem to have held up.
The Washington Post reported recently that the DC region is tied with Chicago for the worst traffic congestion in the country. An annual traffic survey from the Texas Transportation Institute reports that DC drivers spend almost 70 hours a year (or almost three days) crawling along in congested traffic.
Compounding that statistic are results from a Washington Post poll that states road rage has also increased significantly:
“The number of drivers in the Washington region who say they frequently feel uncontrollable anger toward another driver has doubled in the past five years. Almost a third of drivers said they’re overcome with that wild rage from time to time.”
Inrix, Inc. helped compile data for this survey. It offered millions of drivers a mobile application that provides real-time travel information in return for anonymous tracking of the users’ travel.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/dc_is_1_in_the_country_for_traffic_congestion/2872.
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