News, trends and ideas we're tracking today.  How Houston
traffic compares to the rest of the country   We all know
Houston traffic is bad, but just how bad is it compared to the
rest of the country?  Nearly 600,000 U.S. workers have at least
an hour and a half commute to work each day. The national
average is about half an hour – which is right where Harris
County sits.   Mike Damante