Road rage and fender-benders aren’t the only reasons to hate traffic jams — Texans wasted $8.96 billion on congested roadways in 2009, according to the Urban Mobility Report released today by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University. Ten Texas cities, from the very large — Houston and DFW-Arlington — to the small, but growing — Brownsville and Laredo — were included in the 439 urban areas monitored by the report.

The average commuter wastes 34 hours a year in traffic jams, but like most things, congestion is bigger in Texas. Houstonians lose 58 hours of their year on the ...

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