It's The Traffic, Stupid...

The New York Times reports:

When the economy was in crisis mode last year, the National Traffic Scorecard, published by Inrix, showed a 30 percent drop in traffic, compared with 2008.

Now if a bad economy is good for reducing traffic congestion, then an increase in cars clogging the roads should indicate that the economy is improving, right? If so, the latest scorecard, released this week, offers some disappointing news. The latest Inrix data covering 2009 shows that traffic has remained flat.

While this may sound like bad news — traffic hasn’t changed, but neither has the economy — the report does offer some bright (and dark) spots.

Those people who still have jobs should have a slightly easier time of getting to work because morning rush-hour traffic congestion dropped by about 1 percent. Unfortunately, it was offset by a complimentary increase in afternoon and off-peak congestion...

Geneva Motor Show Photo Gallery

2011 Hyundai Sonata Launch Photo Gallery

2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost Launch Photo Gallery

2010 Chicago Auto Show Photo Gallery

AutoSpies.com Photo Galleries

If you want to see your photos running on our homepage photo ticker, be sure to upload your photos on the go by sending them to Mobile@AutoSpies.com

Share on Facebook

Read Article

Agent004 - 2/27/2010 9:51:08 PM

+3 Boost

Get rid of tollbooths, see if that helps any.

delan - 2/28/2010 8:47:04 AM

0 Boost

See, that's what I'm screaming. Or have faster EZpass lanes.

NannerPus - 2/27/2010 9:53:46 PM

+5 Boost

"Now if a bad economy is good for reducing traffic congestion, then an increase in cars clogging the roads should indicate that the economy is improving, right?"

A remedial logic course is in order.

uaw_lax - 2/28/2010 3:16:23 PM

0 Boost

Where was this picture taken?