The average commuter lost 84 hours in 2014 while delayed in traffic in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, according to a traffic index compiled by TomTom, a firm that specializes in navigation and mapping products.
Several feet of lake-effect snow paralyzed the Buffalo area Tuesday, forcing state troopers on snowmobiles to deliver blankets to stranded motorists on the New York State Thruway on a wintry day when temperatures fell to freezing or below in all 50 states.
At least 19 people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the Beijing-Tibet Highway, also known as the Beijing-Lhasa Expressway, on Oct.1, the first day of China’s “golden week,” a week long national holiday.