New report: Road congestion wastes 1.9 billion gallons of gas

From USA TODAY:

As Americans pay about $4 per gallon for gasoline, they’re wasting 1.9 billion gallons of it annually in traffic on congested roads, a new Treasury Department report says…

The report — released in support of President Obama‘s plan to upgrade and expand America’s transportation infrastructure in fiscal year 2013 — comes as Republican presidential candidates criticize Obama for high gasoline prices and his administration and the Senate wrestles with House Republicans over a new transportation bill.

The White House supports a two-year, $109 billion transportation and infrastructure bill approved March 14 by the Senate…

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