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Old 03-24-2009, 09:57 AM
 
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Originally Posted by runningncircles1 View Post
This depends on what list you use. For example, one list shows Atlanta as 12, another at 10 and some at 1. However, the TTI, which is usually considered THE source for "traffic measurement," continues to list it in the top 5, and in 2008 listed it at #2.
Most of the studies use purely statistics such as average commute times. With Atlanta being so sprawled, we have the longest average commute distance so its not surprising that we would also have one of the highest average commute times, I think second to LA. The flaw in this method is that long commute times are not necessarily due to bad traffic.

The flaw in the recent study using GPS data is that it only measure freeways and major highways but doesn't take into account surface streets. I guess the reality is probably somewhere in between.
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