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NATION 7
THE BA I TALK)N Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Study finds traffic congestion getting worse
Longest commutes
Los Angeles commuters lead the
nation in the amount of extra
travel time to and from work
because of traffic.
CITIES
EXTRA HOURS
PER YEAR
Los Angeles
90
San Francisco
68
Denver
64
Miami
| 63
Chicago
61
Phoenix
61
San Jose, Calif.
60
Boston
58
Washington, D.C
58
Portland, Ore.
58
By Jennifer C. Kerr
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — If it
seems like more of your time is
spent stuck in traffic, you may
be right. In cities large and
small, the daily struggle with
bumper-to-bumper traffic is
getting worse.
The average rush-hour driv
er wasted more than a full day
— about 26 hours — sitting in
traffic in 2001, according to an
annual report released Tuesday
by the Texas Transportation
Institute at Texas A&M
University. That’s an increase
of four hours in the last
five years.
The price tag: $69.5 billion
in wasted time and gas, said the
study, which looked at 75
urban areas.
“Congestion extends to
more time of the day, more
roads, affects more of the trav
el and creates more extra travel
time than in the past,” the
study said.
The report found that the
average rush-hour driver in Los
Angeles spent about 90 hours
waiting in traffic in 2001, far
more than anywhere else.
The San Francisco-Oakland
area was next at 68 hours, fol
lowed by Denver (64), Miami
(63) and Chicago and Phoenix,
which tied for fifth (61).
Tim Lomax, the study’s co
author, said public transporta
tion, traffic signals on freeway
entrance ramps and other con
gestion-busting measures have
kept a bad situation from get
ting even worse. For example,
traffic signal coordination
aimed at smoothing the flow of
cars, trucks and buses saved
commuters 16 million hours,
the report said.
The study found some areas
of the country where gridlock
eased. The average delay
dropped for commuters in San
Antonio; Fresno, Calif.; and
Pensacola, Fla.
Still, more improvements
are needed, the report said.
Among the recommendations:
more roads to handle increased
demand, additional bus and car
pool lanes, and adjusted work
hours for commuters.
In response to criticism
about its earlier studies, the
institute for the first time fac
tored in improvements that
cities are making, such as traf
fic light coordination and ramp
metering, as well as the bene
fits of public transportation,
Lomax said.
Data from the Federal
Highway Administration and
information from various state
and local agencies was ana
lyzed by the researchers to
come up with the rankings.
Agreement
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"Everybody’s working real
hard and making some
progress. I don’t know that
we’re going to get it done this
week, but I hope we get it done
during this session.”
Texas Republicans want to
send more members of their
party to Congress. They say the
state’s voting trends are solidly
GOP and that the 32-member
congressional delegation
should reflect that. Democrats,
who hold a 17-15 advantage in
the delegation, want to keep
existing districts.
House Speaker Tom
Craddick, a Midland native,
has been adamant about creat
ing a district that would give
his hometown of Midland its
own congressman. But, Sen.
Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock,
opposes a separate district for
Midland because it likely
would eliminate agricultural
representation from his region
in Congress. Duncan heads the
Senate's am of the conference
committee.
Boeing
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projects, Lund said.
“There is some interest in
future years to potentially
involve students from the Mays
Business School,” Lund said.
Lund said he believes simi
lar cross-department and cross
college projects could become
a valuable learning tool for stu-
Sharon
Continued from page 1
dents at A&M.
Boeing sponsored a similar
project at the University of
Missouri-Rolla. In May,
Boeing donated $215,000 to
the university to help fund a
new Product Innovation and
Creativity Center.
“In an interdisciplinary
environment, students will
work in teams on open-ended,
real-life projects,” said UMR
chancellor Gary Thomas.
Through this program, fac
ulty and students will learn
how to operate effectively in
complex multi-disciplinary
environments and develop a
strong understanding of the
implications of engineering
and business decisions in the
overall spectrum, Lund said.
“It is our hope that gradu
ates from this program are rec
ognized for the skills they
develop,” Lund said.
with 18,000 residents, the second-largest West
Bank settlement — is politically tough for
Sharon, who drqws much of his support from set
tlers and their backers.
Sharon himself avoided discussing the issue
in detail until Monday, when he said that Ariel
would be included and that “if we reach a point
where the matter once again creates a dispute,
we will sit with the Americans again.”
In an apparent attempt to dampen criticism,
the proposal to be brought before the Cabinet
leaves gaps throughout the barrier “at least for
the time being,” said Sharon adviser Zalman
Shoval, adding that the idea was discussed with
U.S. officials.
The United States sees the barrier as possibly
defining an eventual border. If Ariel is encircled
and put on the “Israeli” side, it would imply that
Israel plans to pre-empt negotiations and annex
that part of the West Bank. Leaving a gap implies
flexibility over the final border and might deflect
U.S. criticism, at least for now.
The gaps would be filled in with “security
obstacles” including patrols by soldiers “to make
it as impenetrable as possible,” he said. Shaviro
said the gaps would also be policed with electron
ic sensors and motion detectors.
If attackers make it through the gaps, Israel
might close off the barrier completely, Shoval
said.
The Peace Corps is search of graduates
with Agriculture, Environment and Health
backgrounds for 2-year projects in one of
our 70 host nations. Talk to Peace Corps
Recruiter James Barta at the following
times:
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• Wednesday, Oct. 8, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Info Meeting, MSC Room 230
• Thursday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Career Fair, MSC Flagroom
• Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 to 8:15 p.m.
MSC. Room 229
Visit the TAMU Career Center
209 Koldus Building to pick up a
Peace Corps Catalog.
Society of Women Engineers
General Meeting
When: Wed., October 1 st
Time: 6:45 p.m.
Where: RICH 114
Speaker: N 1
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