U.S. Traffic Congestion Getting Worse

According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the total number of vehicle miles traveled in 2005 reached close to 3 billion miles. This figure indicates an 8 percent increase over 2004, and almost 20 percent increase from 1995. Vehicle registration also reached record highs, with 241.2 million vehicles registered nationwide, and 6.2 million motorcycles. Under the auspices of the Urban Partnership Agreement, the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing state and local governments with grants, loans and technical assistance to test traffic reduction technologies. States and municipalities participating in the program are required to research, develop, and showcase strategies that prove the effectiveness of these traffic reduction technologies.

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• Publication Date: 2007-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p 1
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety
  • Volume: 07
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Traffic congestion; Trend (Statistics); Vehicle miles of travel
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01041110
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:26PM