...The total cost of congestion in these areas amounted to $67.5 billion in 2000, which was the value of 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumed. And congestion is no longer just an urban problem. A recent OAO report4 stated that while Interstate...

...metropolitan areas with populations of 100,000 and above in 2000 came to $62.5 billion, which has the value of 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumed." Highway vehicles miles traveled increased from 2. 1 to 2.7 trillion in the 1990's and are expected...

...total congestion "bill" for the 75 areas studied in 2000 came to $67.5 billion, which is the value of 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumed.2 To keep congestion from increasing between 1999 and 2000 would have required 1,780 new lane-miles...

...midst of a congestion crisis. On a national basis, congestion costs more than $67 billion annually, more than 3.6 billion hours of delay, and 5.7 billion...gallons of excess fuel consumed. The average driver is losing more than a week and a half of work sitting in gridlock. The average cost of congestion for...

...traffic at a cost to our economy of $67 billion a year in travel time and motor fuel. This translates to more than 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel wasted. Highway, bridge and transit investment by federal, state and local governments must be increased...

...delay in 2000. Congestion costs in 2000 for these 75 urban areas totaled $67.5 billion, comprised of 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumption. Transit ridcrship nationally has grown by almost one million trips per day in recent years....

...According to recent studies, congestion costs this country more than $67 billion annually, more than $3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumed. Further, I am convinced that much can be done to make the project delivery process more efficient....

...Transportation Institute's "2003 Urban Mobility Report", congestion costs $69.5 billion annually - more than 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel consumed. The report says without public transportation, there would be 1 billion more hours (30 percent) more delay....

...get to where they need to go. On a national basis, congestion costs more than $67 billion annually, more than 3.6 billion hours of delay, and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel is used. The average driver is losing more than a weekand-a-half of work — that's over 62 hours a...

...Transportation Institute estimates that in the year 2000, congestion cost travelers in 75 urban areas 3.6 billion hours of delay and 5.7 billion gallons of excess fuel. Bridge construction and maintenance is accounting for an increasingly larger share of highway expenditures....