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Business
Traffic added $9.2 billion to trucking industry costs in 2013
Trucking lost $9.209 billion to traffic congestion in 2013, according to a recent report from the American Transportation Research Institute, who says the industry in aggregate was delayed 141 million hours in the year.
May 1, 2014
Business
Traffic congestion soars in 2013 coinciding with economic growth, report says
Following two years of overall decline, the amount of traffic congestion in 2013 grew 6 percent from 2012 — outpacing the U.S. economy’s growth by about three times, according to traffic data firm Inrix.
March 5, 2014
Business
Iced in: Interstates in Atlanta, Birmingham gridlocked due to impassable conditions
Chunks of some major Interstates in Atlanta and Birmingham have been closed or at a standstill for nearly a full day due to snow and ice. Here’s road closure information, along with photos from the scenes.
January 29, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Where’s the ‘public outcry’ for better roads and bridges?
One primary problem with road and bridge improvements and expansions is that the Highway Trust Fund is going broke.
November 26, 2013
Channel 19
Horror or not: Growing consumer interest in driverless cars
Does growing interest show potential for four-wheeler safety improvement — or the opposite?…
November 4, 2013
Voices
What happened to right-lane running? Readers respond
Readers respond to Thom Jansen’s question what happened to the an old credo taught to him by this driver father about always running in the right lane except when passing.
October 8, 2013
Voices
Use the CB to cope with ‘freight-training’ traffic phenomenon
“We can’t change how everyone drives,” says independent Rey Moreno in this story, “but we do have the direct ability to change how we as professional drivers move through the crowd.”
September 8, 2013
Business
VDOT reopens SB I-81 lanes near Blacksburg
Big backups around Blackburg, Va., were eased Thursday, Aug. 29 with the reopening of lanes obstructed by a landslide.
August 29, 2013
Business
Report: Congestion on roadways still increasing, signals recovery acceleration
Traffic congestion in May increased 9.3 percent nationally from May of last year, says the monthly Gridlock Index from Inrix, who says the increase is an indicator of a strengthening economy.
July 3, 2013
Business
Report: Traffic gridlock increases, but points to strengthening economy
Though Inrix’s Gridlock Index showed steady traffic in December, that could mean good things for the economy, the firm says.
April 4, 2013
Business
Study: Traffic costs trucking $27 billion a year
The trucking industry as a whole was the victim of a $27 billion loss in 2011 in the aggregation of time spent and fuel wasted in congestion on U.S. highways.
February 6, 2013
Business
Getting loaded with the laypeople
“I think if the general public had a better idea of what actually goes on in getting their Oreos to the Kroger, they might just reconsider cutting that truck off in traffic.”
January 16, 2013
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