Call for more investment in freight mobility
A new study by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) claims that the cost of congestion to hauliers in the U.S. – measured as wasted fuel and delay – was $23 billion last year.
While trucks only account for 6% of the miles travelled in U.S. urban areas, they represent 26% of the total cost of congestion, says the Urban Mobility Report 2011.
Steve Wagner, of the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, which provided funding for TTI’s freight research, noted that congestion outside of “rush hour” – which now lasts six hours in the largest U.S. urban areas – accounted for about 40% of delays. “This is a particular problem for the movement of freight for businesses that rely on efficient production and deliveries,” he said. Read more here.
