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Boston Commuters Spend More Time On The Road As Congestion Increases

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Early afternoon bumper-to-bumper traffic on 93 in Milton. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Early afternoon bumper-to-bumper traffic on 93 in Milton. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Drivers in the Boston area spent, on average, 60 hours in traffic during peak periods in 2017. We discuss how an increase in traffic and congestion is affecting Greater Boston residents, and what we can do about it.

Guests

Beth Teitell, features writer at the Boston Globe. She tweets @bethteitell.

Chris Dempsey, director of the group Transportation for Massachusetts. He tweets @cdempc.

This segment aired on March 27, 2018.

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