Chicago second city for travel times too
A national study released today confirms what commuters in the Chicago area have known for a long time: Congestion is bad, and it's not getting any better.

The Texas Transportation Institute's latest Urban Mobility Report ranked metropolitan Chicago second in travel time index - the number of minutes commuters must add to their trips to arrive on time. The area has held the No. 2 spot in the rankings since 2001. Only Los Angeles placed higher. Chicago was followed by San Francisco and New York.

Chicago placed No. 3 in several other categories, including the amount of fuel burned because of congestion at 141 million gallons of gas a year. More than 200 million hours were lost because of delays.

Chicago Daily Southtown, IL