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2009 Urban Mobility Report and Appendices

All of the report information below is posted in PDF format [PDF] .

You may view the summary report (4.1MB) and the supporting information below. Or you may view the complete report (4.7MB) which includes the summary and all of the supporting information.

Supporting Information

• What causes congestion?
• What is the source of data for this report?
• Measures and rankings within population groups—which measure should be used?
• How should the measures and rankings be interpreted?
• How congested are the roads? Are they getting worse?
• What congestion level should we expect?
• How far has congestion spread?
• What does congestion cost us?
• Can more road space reduce congestion growth?
• How much more transportation capacity would be needed?
• How many new carpools or bus riders would be needed if they were the only solution?
• Incorporating the effect of operational treatments – 90 urban areas
• Mobility benefits from public transportation service
• Mobility benefits from high-occupancy vehicle lanes
• Combined effect of public transportation and operational improvements
• How should we address the mobility problem?
• Change the usage pattern – examples
• Relieve chokepoints – examples
• Unreliable travel times—one of the congestion problems
• Communicating mobility and reliability issues
• References

Information About:

• Media Information
• Report and Appendices
• Summary Tables – Congestion Levels and Trends
• Congestion Data for Your City
• How We Got The Numbers
• What is Being Done About Congestion
• Mobility Measurement in Urban Transportation

• Return to 2009 Annual Urban Mobility Report

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