Summary
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - By 7 a.m. on a Wednesday, traffic is backed up through four stoplights along this city's main drag. Cars are circling for spots in a "park and ride," where carpoolers meet and buses head off for Philadelphia or New York - 50 and 100 miles away. The highways are jammed, red brake lights flashing for miles.
"Having grown up in the area, I'm absolutely shocked," says Nancy Shadlow, who moved back two years ago to the eastern Pennsylvania valley where she was raised. "I'm shocked how much traffic there is, all day long. Not during just rush-hour times."See the full content of this document
Extract
Traffic Jams Creep Into Smaller and Smaller Cities
Shadlow's complaint echoes across scores of American cities, home to tens of millions of beleaguered commuters. Every day, they're dealing with more cars on the road than ever, longer tie-ups and an epidemic of traffic congestion that has spread far bey...
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