Density and congestion, etc.

Courtesy AustinContrarian  Tue, 07/14/2009 - 4:02am

Whenever I see new data on cities, I'm always tempted to match them to the cities' weighted densities , if for no other reason than no one else does it.

 And so with the Texas Transportation Institute's latest report on city congestion.

 TTI found a wide range in hours lost due to congestion per year -- e.g., in 2007, Lost Angeles drivers lost an average of 70 hours per year to congestion;  Cleveland drivers, just 12.

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