Americans spend six months of their lives at red lights, with 4.2 billion hours wasted in traffic in 2007. Traffic congestion costs the US economy over $87 billion USD annually.
A significant amount of time is wasted sitting at traffic lights: On average, six months of a person’s entire life is spent at a red light, according to a time management study by Priority Management Pittsburgh. Every year, approximately 36 hours are spent stuck in traffic congestion in the United States, as reported by the Texas Transportation Institute’s 2009 Urban Mobility Report. However, larger cities, including Washington DC, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, could experience an even greater amount of lost traffic time at over 46 hours. In 2007, Americans wasted a total of 4.2 billion hours sitting in traffic, or the equivalent of 500,000 years.
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The gas used to transport the United States each year could theoretically arrive from Los Angeles, to Boston, and then to Houston.
Getting stuck in traffic is estimated to cost the US economy over $87 billion US Dollars (USD) each year due to factors such as wasted gas, vehicle usage and lost productivity.
Over 86% of workers in the US drive to work, while only 5% use public transportation.
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