TRIP is a national transportation research nonprofit who research the condition of US road infrastructure and safety. They discovered that the average driver in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls area loses $1,765 annually as a result of driving on roads that are deteriorated, congested, and that lack some desirable safety features. The average driver in the Rochester area loses $1,626 annually.

FROM TRIP:

Local speakers join national research group for virtual news conference to release report examining New York road and bridge conditions, congestion and safety. 

WHEN:

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Noon EST 
Virtual news conference 
Report available on TRIP website at 10:00 a.m. EST.

WHAT:

The average driver in the Rochester area loses $1,626 annually as a result of driving on roads that are deteriorated, congested, and that lack some desirable safety features, according to a new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit based in Washington, DC. 

Local speakers will join TRIP at a virtual news conference on Tuesday to highlight the report’s findings. The report, “New York Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe, Smooth and Efficient Mobility,” examines road and bridge conditions, congestion, economic development, highway safety, and transportation funding in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, Binghamton, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York-Newark-Jersey City, Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica urban areas and statewide. 

A link to a video containing TRIP spokesperson comments on the report’s findings for the Rochester area will also be posted on the TRIP website at noon EST on December 8.  

WHO:

Elizabeth Carey, Director of Public Relations & Corporate Communications, AAA Western & Central New York

Seth Piccirillo, Senior Manager of Economic Development, Buffalo Niagara Partnership

Rocky Moretti, Director of Policy & Research, TRIP    

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