Traffic congestion

Technical Report · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6881289

Many transportation experts believe that escalating traffic congestion threatens the efficient movement of people and commerce in the United States. Moreover, some believe that traffic congestion could become the number one surface transportation problem by the 1990s and into the next century. This report seeks to provide an overview of the traffic congestion problem. GAO examined the following questions: What forces affect the traffic congestion problem and how have they shaped its nature and severity How is traffic congestion measured and how credible are the estimates of urban freeway delay developed by the Federal Highway Administration What effects of traffic congestion have been measured

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Program Evaluation and Methodology Div.
• OSTI ID: 6881289
• Report Number(s): GAO/PEMD-90-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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