We’d like to waste about $800 sitting in traffic this year, please. That, at least, is the average annual cost for Marylanders who choose to drive during peak periods, (yet another) new Texas Transportation Institute tells us via Capitol News Service and WTOP. The total congestion cost, the study says, is $3.1 billion annually. We can think of some pretty good things to do with an extra $800. And they have nothing to do with…

In another installment in what could become known as the “Science Proves the Obvious” category of DCist posts, a study released today finds that Washington metropolitan area suffers from the third-worst traffic woes in the nation — behind only San Francisco and Los Angeles. The study, known as the Urban Mobility Study and conducted by the Texas Transportation Institute, found that Washingtonians spent, on average, 69 hours a year stuck in traffic (collectively adding up…

With a new study out concluding D.C.’s traffic problems are among the nation’s worst, everyone has had something to say about D.C.’s now scientifically-proven bad traffic. The study, conducted by something called the Texas Transportation Institute, ranks D.C. #3 in bad traffic in the country behind Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The AP pointed out the average D.C. commuter spends nearly three days each year stuck in traffic, costing the region billions….