For millions of American commuters the trip to and from work is getting longer and longer. MSNBC.com has an article about a new national report on the nation's growing gridlock problem:
Congestion delayed travelers 79 million more hours and wasted 69 million more gallons of fuel in 2003 than in 2002, the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2005 Urban Mobility Report said.
Overall in 2003, there were 3.7 billion hours of travel delay and 2.3 billion gallons of wasted fuel for a total cost of more than $63 billion.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, D.C., Atlanta, Houston and Dallas were rated the worst cities for commuting -- but 51 cities have major traffic problems. MSNBC said that, "Honolulu became the 51st city in which rush-hour traffic delayed the average motorist at least 20 hours a year."
