Traffic Congestion in the U.S.: INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Provides Revealing
In-Depth Look at America’s Most Frustrating Problem

120+ page report ranks top 100 most congested cities and the nation’s worst traffic bottlenecks

INRIX® today released the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard, the most comprehensive country-wide perspective and city-by-city analysis of one of the nation’s most frustrating and intractable issues: traffic congestion.  How bad is traffic overall? Which cities have the most traffic congestion?  Where are the worst bottlenecks across the country? This new report, available at http://scorecard.INRIX.com, answers these questions and more.  Traffic congestion across the U.S. increased nearly 2% in 2007 over 2006 and there appears to be no relief in sight in 2008, although higher fuel prices and the economy are affecting the rate of growth. The fallout from heavy traffic congestion hits Americans hard on several different levels.  With many drivers paying over $4 a gallon at the pump and roads clogged with traffic congestion averaging 60 hours a week across the nation’s 100 worst bottlenecks, traffic continues to have a major impact on consumers, businesses and the American economy.  The INRIX Scorecard takes a micro look at traffic problems all across the country – zooming in on the total hours spent in traffic, worst day of the week for commuting and average speeds for the top 100 cities in the U.S., along with hundreds of other details including the identification of the nation’s worst bottlenecks Americans drive through every day.  The INRIX National Traffic Scorecard isn’t just the purveyor of bad news.  Answers to the nation’s traffic problems can be better identified by understanding where the worst bottlenecks are located, and what’s causing them.  Drivers along the I-95 corridor on the east coast are poised to benefit from just such information starting July 1st.  In partnership with the 16 states representing the I-95 Corridor Coalition along the eastern seaboard, INRIX will identify where traffic is at its worst, enabling drivers to have access to real-time information on traffic flows, crashes and travel times to help them anticipate and avoid delays. The INRIX National Traffic Scorecard was created through extensive analysis of nearly 50,000 miles of primary roadways, using INRIX’s traffic data warehouse of the most recent and accurate data available anywhere. Government agencies, state DOTs, research organizations and others looking for solutions to traffic problems can incorporate the Scorecard findings into their research and planning initiatives. This groundbreaking service looks into the future to determine how traffic is expected to change along the course of travel – a breakthrough in providing better routes and more accurate travel times to consumers. Request the 120+ page INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Visit the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard web site Read the entire INRIX National Traffic Scorecard announcement Highlights from the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard Top 10 Most Congested Cities in the U.S. 1. Los Angeles, CA 2. New York, NY 3. Chicago, IL 4. Washington D.C. 5. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 6. San Francisco, CA 7. Houston, TX 8. Boston, MA 9. Seattle, WA 10. Atlanta, GA National Travel Time Index by Hour/Day of Week 2007 Worst 1000 Bottlenecks by Market   National Travel Time Index & Factoids National Travel Time Index 2007 National Travel Time Index = 1.133 (a 1.9% increase from 2006) National Factoids (Drive Times) Worst Day: Friday Worst Hour: Friday 5-6 PM Worst Morning: Wednesday AM Best Day: Monday Best Commute: Friday AM Best Hour: Friday 6-7 AM Best Afternoon: Monday PM

INRIX in USA Today

INRIX was featured in a cover page story in USA Today on June 13th regarding our role, in partnership with the I-95 Corridor Coalition, in the availability of traffic information across key stretches of the I-95 Corridor along the East Coast.

Excerpts from the two articles:

The most ambitious use of technology to combat traffic congestion debuts next month along one of the nation’s most clogged arteries and could become a model duplicated throughout the USA....

...Jeff Paniati, executive director of the Federal Highway Administration, says the agency has been “trying to find ways to get information for travelers before they leave home and en route.  INRIX is probably at the forefront of what we will see in the future.”

Read the USA Today cover page article 'GPS will help drivers go more with traffic flow'

Read the USA Today article 'Project aimed at avoiding traffic'

For more information, contact us:


http://www.INRIX.com
425-284-3800

General Information: info@inrix.com
Sales & Partnerships: busdev@inrix.com