All must make their appropriate contribution to solving the congestion crisis. The report confirms the basic information that the public already knows from its own experience. The troubling national rankings underscore the importance to Washington's economy of delivering solutions to these problems. But big steps are going to be necessary to solve big problems. There are many other projects that are also critical.
Solutions require more money and speedy progress on project implementation.
Attached tables summarize some of the key information the TTI report contains. Free flow travel time has a value of 1. So an index of 1.81 means that it takes 81 percent more time to travel the same stretch of roadway in rush hour than during free flow. Los Angeles, CA 2.06 2. Seattle-Everett, WA 1.81 3.