Traffic and what it costs our region

Today, the Metropolitan Planning Council (whose President, MarySue Barrett, serves on CTA's Citizens Advisory Board) released a very important study assessing "the true costs of traffic" for all of us in the six county region. Jon Hilkevitch has his Trib. article on the study here. The MPC study is a locally focused and very interesting view of what many, many experts (and, of course, drivers) have observed in general for years---our nation's traffic congestion is only getting worse, the costs flowing from it are serious and are hurting our region, and we can't build our way out of the problem. Needless to say I think sustained investment in transit is the most cost effective way to alleviate traffic congestion and make our region more livable.

I'd love to hear from you on innovative ways our region can address its traffic congestion.