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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

DFW keeps building roads, but traffic gets worse. Here are Tarrant’s most clogged roads

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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80% Informative

Dallas - Fort Worth commuters wasted 217 million hours (or 24,784 years ) of their life waiting out delays that year .

Commuters burned 85.43 million gallons of excess fuel idling on roadways in 2022 , four times the amount of wasted gasoline four decades ago .

The squandered gas, and the time spent at standstills, costs travelers a cumulative $5.78 billion ( roughly $1,523 per person).

Texas 121 from Texas 26 to Loop 820 has surged 26 spots in the state’s road congestion rankings since 2021 .

The stretch delays commuters for a cumulative 299,000 hours every year, at a cost of $43.5 million .

Peak traffic at rush hour adds up to 22 minutes to a trip.

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83

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39

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formal

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English

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