NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Traffic congestion can create an uphill battle for emergency responders in the city – taking up precious moments that could be used to help someone in need. As CBS2's ...

The study, which looked at traffic congestion in 439 urban areas of the U.S., concluded that 2009 saw rising numbers of cars on the road after reductions in both 2007 and 2008.

Traffic congestion is now nearly a $100 billion annual tax on the economy. In cities such as Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, drivers lose the equivalent of three to four weeks a year sitting in ...

The amount of congestion in any given city at any given time does have a certain randomness to it, but more data, and more public data, is always a good thing. Skip to main content ...

The claim that spending a half a billion dollars (a cost that is all but sure to rise) will improve safety at the Rose Quarter needs a closer look. In fact, if you look at the crash map of ...

The challenge to reducing congestion is the constant, near daily, anomalies that can make predicting traffic and congestion patterns difficult. Prabhakar calls them “nuances.” ...

Traffic congestion is more than just an annoying time suck. ... “For many decades in the US, people foolishly tried to solve this problem adding more lanes,” he explains.

Old ways have worked to get the job done. People just habitually get into their cars to get to work. But it doesn’t have to be like that,” explains Stephanie Millar, senior planner and transportation ...