- In Washington & Chicago drivers, on average, lose 70 hours per year in traffic. Los Angeles drivers lose 63 hours in traffic. [1]
- According to the Texas Transportation Institute Report, congestion cost Americans $115 billion and 3.9 billion gallons of gasoline in 2009. [1]
- "Interstate 264, particularly near the tunnel, was ranked this week as the 18th-worst commute in the country by The Daily Beast, an online news source." [3]
- "According to The Daily Beast, I-264 logs 97 hours of congestion each week, with the worst bottleneck at the tunnel. The average speed there? Just under 9 mph." [3]
- According to Dwight Farmer, the executive director of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, "Pound for pound, the Downtown Tunnel is about as bad as it gets for congestion". [3]
- The major causes of congestion are crashes, disabled vehicles, adverse weather conditions, and work zones. [3]
- The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is ranked as the fifth worst tunnel in the United States in terms of traffic congestion. Virginia commuters spent an average of 34 hours stuck in the traffic in 2010. [2]
- "Nationally, the average commuter wasted 34 hours in traffic in 2010, at a cost of $750. Commuters in Chicago and Washington suffered the most, losing more than 70 hours a year to traffic delays and about $1,500 in congestion costs." [4]
- "When the economy starts growing again, delays are expected to climb an additional three hours by 2015 and seven hours by 2020, the researchers said. And the cost of gridlock will rise to $900 per commuter in 2015." [4]
