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Friday, September 5, 2008

News Digest

BTS Releases Report on Seasonal Variation in Traffic Congestion.  The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released Seasonal Variation in Traffic Congestion: A Study of Three U.S. Cities, a technical report about seasonal variations in traffic congestion in Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago. The report examines changes in monthly congestion, including differences occurring in morning and evening congestion, and differences in weekend and weekday congestion. It can be found at http://www.bts.gov/publications/bts_technical_report/2008_005/ Contact Dave Smallen: 202-366-5568.