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The traffic map above shows real-time traffic flow for the metro Portland
OR area... use the elevation controls on the left-hand side of map to zoom in/out,
or click and drag map to pan area.Metro Portland is one of the more heavily
congested regions for automobile traffic in the nation, as is shown consistently
in various national transportation studies.
According to a transportation study by
INRIX Inc. (a high tech
telematics transportation company) metro Portland ranked #23 out of the top 100 worst traffic congested cities in the USA... the INRIX study also
determined the peak weekly traffic period to be on Friday afternoons between the hours of
4pm - 5pm. According to another traffic study by the
Texas Transportation Institute, the TTI ranked metro Portland #10 out of the top
20 most congested cities as measured by the number of hours commuters endured in extra
travel time during rush hour traffic... the TTI determined metro Portland
residents waste approx. an extra 58 hours per year traveling in local rush-hour
traffic. In a recent Road Rage survey commissioned by
AutoVantage, the survey
found that Portland road rage is the 25th worst in the US as compared amongst a
total of 25 major US cities. |
