What Motoring is doing to us in Maryland

Air:
Our region’s Air Pollution is among the worst in the Nation (Straight ‘F’s in Ozone pollution and nearly the same for dangerous fine particulates)

www.stateoftheair.org/2009/states/maryland/

Traffic:
Our region’s Traffic Congestion is our Nations second worst (Baltimore/Washington area drivers waste 62 hours and 42 gallons of gas, or about $1,700 out the window a year just sitting there. (That's on top of the average annual auto operating costs of over $9,600)
mobility.tamu.edu/ums/congestion_data/tables/national/table_1.pdf

Obesity:
Obesity is increasingly linked not only to poor diets and lack of exercise, but to the time spent sitting inside motor vehicles- take a look at this animated map - amazing! :
www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html

Accidents:
Our region wins the absolute worst Traffic Accident Rate award in the country. This is truly breathtaking: We rank 192 and 193 out of 193 regions in crashes.
assets.bizjournals.com/cms_media/atlanta/pdf/2009_Drivers_Report.pdf

Deaths:
Speaking of crashes, Motor Vehicles are the Number One killer of our young ages 3-33, by far, in the USA. Our region ranks in the middle nationally. Perhaps because we're mostly sitting in traffic and hitting each other at lower speeds…..?
www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/810936.PDF

Meanwhile, we build more roads and provide more parking… that’ll fix it.