(de-)congestion report
In news of the “… we walked uphill barefoot to school both ways,” it turns out that people complaining about their time spent in Seattle traffic are total wimps. Seattle drivers of today have about 13 extra non-car hours compared to their 1992 counterparts. [psbj]
What they’re doing with that time, no one knows. Perhaps contemplating how bad it must be to live and drive in Los Angeles if being the 18th worst metro with 47 in-traffic hours per year feels soul-deadening.
–update: Robert Sigel interviewed Ron Sims about Seattle’s marked improvement on Wednesday’s All Things Considered. [npr]
Then again, maybe not. Still, how convenient that Sims has a chance to be interviewed on NPR during an election year in one of the most NPR-listening cities I’ve ever been in.
How exciting that it’s only going to get worse once they decide to close the viaduct for six to ten years to renovate or rebuild it.
We still have a chance, folks! We can get back up to the top 5 again! Keep hope alive!