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Thirty-five percent of drivers have cancelled a vacation trip in the last month due to anticipated traffic. Sixty-three percent say traffic problems are getting worse. (Twenty-four percent say "much worse.")
These statistics were reported in the first IBM Commuter Pain Survey, released on May 30, which surveyed 4,000 commuters in 10 of America's largest metropolitan areas. More than a quarter of those surveyed have seen traffic so bad, they've turned around and just gone home. In Miami and Los Angeles, as many as a third had done so.
"These new insights from U.S. commuters highlight the urgent need for the use of technology and creative policies to reduce congestion on our community roadways," says Scott Belcher, president and CEO of Intelligent Transportation Society of America. "We believe relief is in sight for those cities that implement congestion fighting programs that combine technology, tolling and public transportation."
Download the report:
Feeling the Pain: The Impact of Traffic Congestion on Commuters (198KB)
