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- 4.2 billion hours lost in congested highway traffic in 2005
- 2.9 billion gallons of gasoline wasted idling in congestion in 2005
- 67 million tons of excess CO2 emissions due to congestion in 2005
- Congestion cost travelers $78.2 billion in wasted time and gas in 2005
- Between 1980 and 2000 highway lane-miles grew 37% in the US while traffic grew 95%
- Traffic will grow 70% by 2030 (from 2005)
- Compared to automobile travel, public transit carried 18.3% of passenger miles in 1950, 2.8% in 1980 and 1.6% in 2004
- 42,636 motor vehicle fatalities in 2004
- Economic cost of motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2000: $231 billion
- Between 1980 and 2003, lane-miles of highways increased 5 percent while vehicle miles of travel increased 89 percent.
- In 2003, over 62,800 kilometers (39,000 miles) of highways in the United States had peak period congestion, and of these, over 10,900 kilometers (6,800 miles) were in rural areas.
- Local travel per person grew from 2.9 to 4.1 one-way trips per day (about 40 percent) from 1977 to 2001. Distance traveled daily per person grew about 54 percent—from 42 kilometers (26 miles) to 65 kilometers (40 miles).
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