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Report: DC-Area Traffic is The Worst
Reston commuters may spend an extra $1,398 per year in gas and time sitting in traffic, according to report.
We’re No. 1 — but it’s really not a good thing. Traffic congestion in the Washington, DC,metro area has been ranked worst in the country by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). The study rates our region’s traffic worse than San Francisco-Oakland, Los Angeles, New York-Newark and Boston. This is not the first time D.C. has been ranked No. 1. The area tied with Chicago for the honor in 2011. Never miss any Reston transportation and Silver Line news. Subscribe to Reston Patch's free daily newsletter. TTI’s Urban Mobility Report, released Tuesday, includes a “Planning Time Index,” which measures “travel reliability.” That factor designates “the amount of extra time needed to arrive on time for higher priority events, such as an airline …
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Dave
11:43 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The only US city that is "recession proof" because of big govt spending, and the only road into the city from the west is two lanes. Our infrastructure has been out of date for 30 years... Let us pray that the overly utilized, overly expensive, un-trustworthy metro saves us... I'm not holding my breath! What now takes an express bus from Wiehle to the pentagon (which they are eliminating to force… more ›