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Article: How gridlock will affect DuPage County's future.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2003
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Byline: Tona Kunz Daily Herald Staff Writer
In the last decade, average commute times in DuPage County have increased by more than 10 percent, to an average of 30 minutes or more one way.
And while DuPagers are driving more, they also are idling more. The average driver spends 67 hours a year sitting in gridlock, according to the not-for-profit Metropolitan Planning Council.
The problem is that roads and public transportation haven't kept up with suburban sprawl.
"More people now commute from or into our county than Chicago," DuPage County Chairman Robert Schillerstrom said Thursday.
He joined business leaders and other ...