Congestion Costs in Perspective
The 2.9 billion gallons of petroleum wasted in 2005
would have fueled U.S. daily transportation needs for
nearly a week that year—6.1 days. If spread evenly
across the entire U.S. population of 295.5 million in
2005, the 4.2 billion hours lost to congestion that year
would have cost every man, woman, and child in the
country about 14.2 hours