Included in that waste are the 2.9 billion gallons of gas we burned while sitting in traffic, but it’s worth noting that’s an improvement over the peak waste yaer of 2005 when drivers burned 3.2 billion gallons.
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Thursday, February 07, 2013
The Average Commuter Wasted $818 In Time & Money Sitting In Traffic In 2011
For anyone who sat in traffic last year and felt like your time and money was slowly sliding away as the minutes ticked by, you’re not alone. A new report says American commuters wasted more time and fuel in 2011 than the year before, averaging out to about $818 on average in 2011.As a nation we wasted $121 billion in 2011, says a new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in its annual study of national driving patterns. That’s a $1 billion increase over 2010, notes the Associated Press.
Included in that waste are the 2.9 billion gallons of gas we burned while sitting in traffic, but it’s worth noting that’s an improvement over the peak waste yaer of 2005 when drivers burned 3.2 billion gallons.
Included in that waste are the 2.9 billion gallons of gas we burned while sitting in traffic, but it’s worth noting that’s an improvement over the peak waste yaer of 2005 when drivers burned 3.2 billion gallons.
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