Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Everyone’s favorite topic: traffic! It’s bad and getting worse. Can we do anything to fix it? A closer look.
This show originally aired Aug. 26, 2019.
If traffic seems heavier than it used to – you’re not imagining things – it’s bad and getting worse.
A recent urban mobility report from Texas A&M Transportation Institue found we waste about 57 hours a year sitting in Charlotte traffic at a cost to each of us of around $1200.
It’s the result of low unemployment, and newcomers moving here at about 100 per day and bringing their cars. Charlotte’s roads simply haven’t kept pace with growth. Nor could they.
Are we doomed to spend our lives stuck in traffic? And what causes some of these unpredictable backups? Answers to those questions and more.
Guests
Taiwo Jaiyeoba, Assistant City Manager and Planning Director, City of Charlotte
Liz Babson, Director, Charlotte Department of Transportation
Bill Eisele, Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute. He is co-author of the Institute’s Urban Moibility Report
