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Inrix Inc. released their new Midyear 2009 Traffic Congestion report, and Columbus still ranks exactly where it did last year: in 48th place. While that might not sound like much of an announcement, it’s worth noting that their findings actually show a 27% increase in traffic congestion in the Columbus metro area between 2008 and 2009. Inrix also ranks cities based on travel times during peak hours, and we managed to move up two places there from 56th to 54th.
We’re still a far cry from Los Angeles though. It should come as no surprise that they claim the number one spot both for worst congestion and longest travel times. The full report can be viewed here, and the Inrix press release can be read here.
Oh, so that’s why we’re spending millions to add more lanes on Hard Rd, Hilliard-Rome Rd, and even North High St. Of course, if the city had built, oh, I don’t know, these things called “side streets” so that residents in these areas didn’t have to all use one main road they wouldn’t have to put up with that horrendous “average” traffic.
Average overall traffic doesn’t mean that the traffic on every street is at an average level.
Of course, but even then it’s not comparable to anything in cities with real traffic and when has adding lanes ever “solved” traffic rather than induce more? Just look at Polaris Pkwy. The problem is that all traffic is relegated to arterials and there are no side streets, not to mention all those single occupant vehicles.