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Having lived in Los Angeles, I would most definitely say that their traffic and commute times TOPS this list!
RunnerUps include: Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Boston, Philly and N.Y.C.
I presently live in Columbus, where the traffic volume is incredible. However, it is easily navigable due to the vast and well planned freeway system in place.
The worst traffic in the country, by far, is Los Angeles. I have NEVER seen traffic so bad.
I would put New York City at #2.
#3: Washington DC
#4: Chicago
#5: Miami
#6: Atlanta
Honorable mentions go to Dallas, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh & Birmingham
The worst traffic in the country, by far, is Los Angeles. I have NEVER seen traffic so bad.
I would put New York City at #2.
#3: Washington DC
#4: Chicago
#5: Miami
#6: Atlanta
Honorable mentions go to Dallas, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh & Birmingham
Houston has to be on any list of worst traffic. Try highway 290 from Cypress to 610 sometime. Agree with the rest of your list
Here are the average commute times in the nation for residents that live in cities with over 250,000 residents and includes any type of way one gets to work including walking, driving, public transit, a combo, etc... The US Census simply asks how long it takes to get from your home to work.
New York City: 38.4 minutes
Chicago: 32.7 minutes
Philadelphia: 30.3
Riverside, CA: 29.8
Baltimore: 29.7
Washington DC: 29.4
San Francisco: 29.2
Oakland: 29.1
Los Angeles: 28.5
Boston: 28.2
New York's long commute comes from the outer burroughs, most likely trying to get to Manhattan using a combinations of buses and subways that requires connections and can be rather slow. For the boroughs, the AVERAGE commute time was:
Bronx: 41.8 minutes
Queens: 41.4 minutes
Staten Island: 41.2 minutes
Brooklyn: 39.9 minutes
US Census Press Releases (http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/001695.html - broken link)
Columbus OH has surprisingly heavy traffic on 270. Took me completely by surprise.
LA sucks, plain and simple. So does DC and Atlanta. To me they are all about equal. The Belt Pkwy in Brooklyn/LI is pretty bad, but not as bad as my pick for the worst highway in America. Houston was pretty sucky, but it doesn't stand out to me like the others, maybe because I expected it or wasn't on 'main offenders'.
Worst "singular road" to me? The Cross Bronx. Ugly, dilapidated, cramped, and packed to a dead stop at 3am.
I don't find I5 in Seattle that bad compared to the other places I listed.
Having lived in Los Angeles, I would most definitely say that their traffic and commute times TOPS this list!
RunnerUps include: Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Boston, Philly and N.Y.C.
I presently live in Columbus, where the traffic volume is incredible. However, it is easily navigable due to the vast and well planned freeway system in place.
Thanx for your insight..I have never lived in a really big city...so it is interesting to hear first hand experience..I know Sarasota is pretty bad because of poor planning and many major streets ending after a few miles...very strange lack of grids here.
The worst traffic in the country, by far, is Los Angeles. I have NEVER seen traffic so bad.
I would put New York City at #2.
#3: Washington DC
#4: Chicago
#5: Miami
#6: Atlanta
Honorable mentions go to Dallas, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh & Birmingham
I thought Pittsburgh was not too bad since it's initial infrastructure was built when the city proper was more than double it's present population; but I've only visited the city a few times....
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