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Americans Are Increasing Stuck In Traffic, Report Finds

A new report documents the amount of time wasted because of traffic congestion.

The Urban Mobility Report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute says Los Angeles drivers have it the worst — with an average of 199 hours wasted — followed by San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Tim Lomax, regents fellow at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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