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Traffic Congestion and Urban Mobility

Traffic congestion in American cities is worsening at a steady rate. What was once a "big city problem" typically associated with million-plus population areas such as Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C., is now a rapidly growing dilemma in places like Austin, Louisville and Charlotte.

Gridlock costs the average peak period traveler almost 40 hours a year in travel delay, and costs the United States more than $78 billion each year. At a time when fuel is increasingly costly, traffic jams are wasting 2.9 billion gallons of gas every year.

Urban mobility has been a research focus at TTI for more than 30 years. TTI researchers Tim Lomax and David Schrank are experts on the topic, prepared to address a wide array of issues related to how much time we spend in our cars, and what that means to our current and future mobility challenges.

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Tim Lomax

Tim Lomax interview sample

B-roll of traffic and various congestion solutions (Beta SP and digital formats)

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