The stress of sitting in traffic can lead to more crime
- Written by Louis-Philippe Beland, Assistant Professor of Economics, Louisiana State University
Traffic in Los Angelesrespres/flickr, CC BYSociety pays a heavy price for traffic. It leads to lost time, more pollution and increased spending on gasoline.
In metropolitan areas, road congestion in 2012 led consumers to waste 2.9 billion gallons of fuel and spend 5.5 billion hours sitting in traffic. According to the Texas A&M Transportation...
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