{"id":4510,"date":"2012-05-22T07:26:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2012-05-22T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:26:35","slug":"from-usa-today-gridlock-eases-in-many-metro-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/22\/from-usa-today-gridlock-eases-in-many-metro-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"(from USA Today) &#8216;Gridlock eases in many metro areas&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AN EXCERPT:<\/strong>\u00a0 Traffic congestion dropped 30% last year from 2010 in the USA&#8217;s 100 largest metropolitan areas, driven largely by higher gas prices and a spotty economic recovery, according to a new study by a Washington-state firm that tracks traffic flows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO READ THE ARTICLE, CLICK THE PIC<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/story\/2012-05-22\/traffic-congestion-down\/55120930\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4512\" title=\"I-25traffic3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/I-25traffic31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/I-25traffic31.jpg 899w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/I-25traffic31-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ ALL ZBLOG POSTS, CLICK &#8216;THE ZEPHYR&#8217; AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TO READ THE APR\/MAY Z, CLICK THE COVER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4513\" title=\"cover-ap12a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover-ap12a5-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover-ap12a5-217x300.png 217w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover-ap12a5-741x1024.png 741w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/cover-ap12a5.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/story\/2012-05-22\/traffic-congestion-down\/55120930\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0 Traffic congestion dropped 30% last year from 2010 in the USA&#8217;s 100 largest metropolitan areas, driven largely by higher gas prices and a spotty economic recovery, according to a new study by a Washington-state firm that tracks traffic flows. TO READ THE ARTICLE, CLICK THE PIC&#8230; TO READ ALL ZBLOG POSTS, CLICK &#8216;THE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4515,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4510\/revisions\/4515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}