Road projects, travel options held delays below pre-Covid levels
Commuters across Texas reaped time and cost savings valued at more than $3 billion last year, thanks to transportation improvements and pandemic-related trends that made their drives quicker than just a few years ago, according to a new report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The report analyzed commuting trends in 2022 and compared them to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The study found that, About LCRA The Lower Colorado River Authority serves customers and communities throughout Texas by managing the lower Colorado River; generating and transmitting electric power; providing a clean, reliable water supply; and offering outdoor adventures at more than 40 parks along the Colorado River from the Texas Hill Country to the Gulf Coast. LCRA and its employees are committed ____________________________ enhance the quality of life of the Texans we serve through water stewardship, energy and community service. LCRA was created by the Texas Legislature in 1934 and receives no state appropriations. For more information, visit lcra.org. while motorists drove more miles last year, roadway construction and expansion projects like those in Tx-DOT’s Texas Clear Lanes — a Gov. Greg Abbott initiative-- helped make travel smoother and more __________ The study, which converted time savings from smoother commutes into dollar values and coupled ______ ________ _____ ____age fuel cost savings, also ______ ____ _____ ___________ savings in the state’s biggest cities (see chart below).
______________________ from TTI’s legislatively mandated annual analysis, ________________________lays in more than 2,100 of the most congested road segments in the state.
