Houston,TX,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -Jan 21, 2011: -- According to the just-released 2010 edition of the Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University, after two years of slight declines in overall traffic congestion – attributable to the economic downturn and higher fuel prices – leading indicators now suggest that as the economy is rebounding, so too are traffic problems... For motor carriers and shippers hoping to save time by moving freight during off hours, the report offers more specific data on the best such opportunities:
* Approximately half of the total delays occur in the midday and overnight (outside of the peak hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) times of day when shippers and carriers generally have expected lighter traffic* Midday congestion is not as severe, but it can cause problems, especially for time-sensitive shipments.
In Chicago, for example, truck delays resulted in a “congestion cost” of more than $ 3,349 million. Slow traffic in New York cost $3,133 million thanks to the time trucks spent stuck in traffic there...
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