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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

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

I-40 east of Nashville during the morning rush hour

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

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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

Having to deal with congested roads on a daily basis is one of the factors that makes professional driving so difficult, said fleet executive Joe Cowan. Funding for highway improvements, already considered years behind, could get much worse.

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

A full 90 percent of respondents to Carinsurance.com polling answered yes if a potential insurance rate decrease was added into the driverless-car purchase mix — money talks, thought it’s not like autonomous vehicles have been proven to be safer alternatives to traditional four-wheelers on the road today.

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

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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

I-40 east of Nashville during the morning rush hour

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

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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

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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

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

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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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