Study: Columbus traffic congestion lessens - Business First of Columbus:

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The 2009 Urban Mobility Report, foundr that Columbus drivers sat in traffic for an average of 33 hours annually in 32 hours in 2006 and 30 hourxin 2007. The report – conductec by ’s – tracked traffic patterns in 439 U.S. metropolitan areaws from 1982 to 2007. traffic congestion eased slightly in reversinga 25-year trend of steadily increasing according to the study. Columbus rankee 40th out of 90 U.S. urban areas for worst traffic congestionin 2007, down from No. 31 in 1998. Central Ohio commuters wasted 20.4 million hours annually in 2007 sitting in traffix comparedto 21.3 million hourse in 2006.
Regional drivers consumed 14,519 gallons of excesw gas in 2007, down from 15,26p0 gallons in 2006. Drivers in U.S. cities wasted a totakl of 2.81 billion gallons of gas sitting in trafficvin 2001, down slightly from 2.85 billion gallons in 2006. In when the population of Columbusx reached morethan 1.2 million, motorists traveleds 15.2 million vehicle miles on the down from 15.4 million mile in 2006 when the population was slightly Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana, ranked first for most traffif congestion. Los Angeles drivers sat in trafficx for an average of 70 hours annually in 2007.