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Triangle Commute Solution: Traffic Update
In the United States commuting to work accounts for about one-fifth of personal miles traveled and between 1983 and 1995 commute trips grew 37 percent longer in miles ( 1 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey 1995) According to the 2001 Urban Mobility Report the average person loses the equivalent of one week of work time due to urban traffic delays. Over the last 20 years this figure has tripled and it continues to increase.. What can you do about this problem you ask? Drive less! With fewer cars on the road we can combat congestion and improve local air quality. For every 1000 new carpools formed, over the course of a year,20 tons of smog forming emissions would be reduced. (2) US EPA 2001. For a traffic update check the following sites. NC SmartLink SmartLink is the stateweb site for NC Department of Transportation traveler information. It features statewide traffic cams, real-time travel information, and information resources. On-time Traffic On-time Traffic with Mark Roberts, WRAL TV-5Watch WRAL-TV5's Morning News for Mark Roberts' complete On-Time Traffic coverage. When you're stuck in traffic on the way home, tune in to Mix 101.5 to listen to WRAL's 6:00 News. Also available: The Daily Drive, tell Mark what you think about your commute! News and Observer’s Road Worrier The Road Worrier Vicki Hyman keeps Triangle commuters up to date on the hot transportation topics in the Triangle region. The N&0 web site also features traffic cams on I-40, courtesy of NCDOT. Also available: An online forum for commuters to Speak Out about different issues. Real-Traffic from Eyewitness News 11 Weather and Traffic on this site will be updated automatically and live throughout the day. Before you hit the highway, check traffic conditions on their live traffic cameras along Interstate 40 provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Durham Herald-Sun More traffic cams and a feature called Street Smarts every Sunday and Wednesday.

Triangle Commute Solution: Traffic Update

In the United States commuting to work accounts for about one-fifth of personal miles traveled and between 1983 and 1995 commute trips grew 37 percent longer in miles ( 1 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey 1995) According to the 2001 Urban Mobility Report the average person loses the equivalent of one week of work time due to urban traffic delays. Over the last 20 years this figure has tripled and it continues to increase.. What can you do about this problem you ask? Drive less! With fewer cars on the road we can combat congestion and improve local air quality. For every 1000 new carpools formed, over the course of a year,20 tons of smog forming emissions would be reduced. (2) US EPA 2001. For a traffic update check the following sites.

NC SmartLink
SmartLink is the stateweb site for NC Department of Transportation traveler information. It features statewide traffic cams, real-time travel information, and information resources.

On-time Traffic
On-time Traffic with Mark Roberts, WRAL TV-5Watch WRAL-TV5's Morning News for Mark Roberts' complete On-Time Traffic coverage. When you're stuck in traffic on the way home, tune in to Mix 101.5 to listen to WRAL's 6:00 News. Also available: The Daily Drive, tell Mark what you think about your commute!

News and Observer’s Road Worrier
The Road Worrier Vicki Hyman keeps Triangle commuters up to date on the hot transportation topics in the Triangle region. The N&0 web site also features traffic cams on I-40, courtesy of NCDOT. Also available: An online forum for commuters to Speak Out about different issues.

Real-Traffic from Eyewitness News 11
Weather and Traffic on this site will be updated automatically and live throughout the day. Before you hit the highway, check traffic conditions on their live traffic cameras along Interstate 40 provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Durham Herald-Sun
More traffic cams and a feature called Street Smarts every Sunday and Wednesday.