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Feel like wasting time? Believe it or not commuters in the Washington, D.C. area already wait a shocking 74 hours in traffic. WUSA 9 reports that you would waste 37 gallons of gas and $1,495 a year during this three day period. This makes you want to kick yourself for not ordering the hybrid with the nicer stereo. Shortly after the release of the report from the study by the Texas Transportation Institute, a number of bloggers and media outlets have been speculating on what you would do if you had this time to spare instead of wasting away in your car being herded like cattle along the highway. So what would you do if you did not have this time ripped from your life?

This study apparently only took into account “freeway” travel and counted congested periods when speeds reached 45 mph or less. Personally, I am a little confused as to how they came up with just under 1.5 hours per week for commuters in the Washington, D.C. area as it can take over 30 minutes on any given day just to go a few miles down I-66 or I-95. Did they only consider commuters that live in Arlington that only travel one exit down I-66 to and from work or conduct this study on a federal holiday when traffic is lighter? It is all too common to hear drivers in areas of Northern Virginia such as Manassas, Gainesville, Centreville, Woodbridge, Stafford, Reston and the parking lot also known as Tysons Corner complain that each work day it takes an hour or more to get to work and an hour or so to get back home on the interstate alone much less the side roads. This adds up to 520 hours in traffic each day and 21 days wilting in your car playing tag poker. Where did all the time go?

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Sources:

• NBC 4 Washington – Survey Ranks D.C. Worst Traffic Region in Country: Research says drivers waste three days a year sitting in traffic
• WUSA 9 – How Much Does Is Cost To Wait In Traffic?
• Washington Post – D.C. drivers spend 74 hours a year stuck in traffic: What would you do in that time?

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