Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal:
An annual report from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission claims that the Bay Area's endemic traffic snarls aren't really as bad as drivers might think.
The economy took some of the sluggishness out of the Bay Area transportation system in 2002, contributing to a 7 percent drop in freeway congestion, a 3 percent slide in transit ridership, and a 7 percent decline in the number of passengers flying into or out of Bay Area airports, the MTC says.
Even so, travel demand remained strong in the region, as the number of vehicle miles driven on freeways and the average daily traffic volume on Bay Area bridges both inched up 1 percent over their levels in 2001.
Other 2002 statistics included in the just-released report show that, even with reduced freeway congestion, the time savings afforded by many of the most heavily used carpool lanes remained steady. However, peak-hour usage did decline somewhat on several of the most popular carpool-lane segments. And, in a closely watched measure of the physical health of local roadways, 2002 data showed scant change overall in the condition of Bay Area pavements, although wide disparities continue to exist among individual jurisdictions.
The report also adds data on transit travel times for selected commutes to the region's three largest cities: San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland. Last year's report featured freeway drive times only. This addition makes for interesting comparisons between the two modes on some of the region's most popular commute trips.
The "State of the System 2003" is available online at:
www.mtc.ca.gov/publications/state_of_the_system.
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