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For commuters lucky enough to still have a job, ABC's Steve Osunsami came up with the amazing statistic that a mere 3% reduction in the volume of traffic cuts rush hour congestion by a full third. Data come courtesy of INRIX, a firm based in Washington State that has persuaded 600,000 motorists to have GPS units installed in their cars in order to track start-and-stop patterns on 800,000 miles of road. A combination of laid-off workers, a slowdown in commercial traffic and more telecommuting has produced 36% congestion relief at Atlanta's rush hour, 16% in Houston, 24% in Los Angeles and 25% in New York City.
Andrew Tyndall 5/2/09 9:22:57 pm

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