24 January 2011

The truth is out!

Commuting by car crushes your soul!

The Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M recently released its annual Urban Mobility Report. In it, they discuss why and how traffic has gotten worse over the last two decades. Also discussed are topics like travel times, and the difference between travel time index and planning time index.

I did see a couple comments suggesting that modal changes would reduce congestion--using public transit, car-pooling, or bicycles as opposed to personal motor vehicles.

The entire Report takes a while to read--longer than I have at the moment. I will be reading more of it in the coming days and sharing some thoughts here, I hope. If you take some time to read it, please comment on what you find.

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