Latest US transportation report shows slightly reduced congestion
According to the 2009 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute, economic factors reduced traffic congestion slightly in most areas.
The Institute, an agency of the Texas A&M University System, has tracked traffic patterns in 439 U.S. urban areas for the last 25 years. The latest installment says travelers spent one hour less stuck in traffic in 2007 than they did the year before and wasted one gallon less gasoline than the year before.