The Year of Our Decision About the Presentation Presentation Requests En Español Background Situation Analysis Findings Summary Vision and Strategy Vision & Goals Project List Vision and Strategy Outreach Report Final Report Press Releases RTA SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT Build For America RTA APPROVES TAX RTA/Pace ADA Pass Leaders Join Coalition What is a Partner? The Partners Become a Partner Moving Beyond Congestion Presentations The Year of Our Decision Congestion is Expensive | Print | Congestion costs real money – annually $4.2 billion regionally and $1000 per peak hour traveler. These numbers are for 2003—when gas was much cheaper than it is today! 253 million hours and 151 million gallons of fuel are wasted sitting in traffic jams. Over 2.5 million people in our region drive to work by themselves every day putting additional strain on our already congested highway system. According to the United States Department of Transportation, each person traveling during peak hours in northeastern Illinois paid an average of $976 in wasted time and fuel from road congestion. That's a "bad traffic" cost of almost $1,000 per peak time driver.   < Prev   Next >

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