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Interesting numbers. This list is nothing like I thought it would be. Apparently these numbers relate more-so to infrastructure vs. uncontrolled growth and sprawl, since many of the cities considered to be empires of sprawl on C-D are not at the top of the list.
Our first step was ranking the metropolitan areas with the worst rush-hour congestion. The order is based on the peak hour Travel Time Index (TTI) for the metropolitan area each highway is in. TTI is a measure of how much longer it takes to complete a road journey during peak congestion hours compared to free-flow hours. (Peak hours are defined as 6 a.m. to 10a.m., and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.) Speeds during non-peak hours are used by INRIX to establish this free-flow baseline.
After determining the 75 worst metro areas, we then found the worst highway in each, defined as the most hours of bottleneck congestion, as reported by INRIX. The rankings then provide a still deeper look—at the most congested bottleneck segment for the worst highway in each area.
1-30
1. Los Angeles -> Hollywood Freeway
2. Honolulu -> I-H1
3. Washington -> Capital Beltway
4. Austin -> I-35
5. San Francisco -> U.S. 101
6. New York -> Cross-Bronx Expressway
7. Seattle -> I-5
8. Bridgeport -> I-95
9. Chicago -> Kennedy Expressway
10. Miami -> Airport Expressway
11. San Jose -> Bayshore Freeway
12. Houston -> 610 Loop
13. Baton Rouge -> I-10
14. Boston -> Southeast Beltway
15. Fort Worth -> I-820
16. Portland -> I-5
17. Minneapolis -> I-494
18. Virginia Beach -> I-264
19. San Diego -> San Diego Freeway
20. Philadelphia -> Schuylkill Expressway
21. Baltimore -> Beltway
22. Atlanta -> I-75
23. Tampa -> I-275
24. Denver -> I-25
25. Riverside, CA -> Riverside Freeway
26. Oxnard, CA -> Ronald Reagan Freeway
27. New Orleans, LA -> I-10
28. New Haven -> I-91
29. Phoenix -> Papago Freeway
30. Pittsburgh -> Penn Lincoln Parkway
...
Interesting numbers. This list is nothing like I thought it would be. Apparently these numbers relate more-so to infrastructure vs. uncontrolled growth and sprawl, since many of the cities considered to be empires of sprawl on C-D are not at the top of the list.
1-30
1. Los Angeles -> Hollywood Freeway
2. Honolulu -> I-H1
3. Washington -> Capital Beltway
4. Austin -> I-35
5. San Francisco -> U.S. 101
6. New York -> Cross-Bronx Expressway
7. Seattle -> I-5
8. Bridgeport -> I-95
9. Chicago -> Kennedy Expressway
10. Miami -> Airport Expressway
11. San Jose -> Bayshore Freeway
12. Houston -> 610 Loop
13. Baton Rouge -> I-10
14. Boston -> Southeast Beltway
15. Fort Worth -> I-820
16. Portland -> I-5
17. Minneapolis -> I-494
18. Virginia Beach -> I-264
19. San Diego -> San Diego Freeway
20. Philadelphia -> Schuylkill Expressway
21. Baltimore -> Beltway
22. Atlanta -> I-75
23. Tampa -> I-275
24. Denver -> I-25
25. Riverside, CA -> Riverside Freeway
26. Oxnard, CA -> Ronald Reagan Freeway
27. New Orleans, LA -> I-10
28. New Haven -> I-91
29. Phoenix -> Papago Freeway
30. Pittsburgh -> Penn Lincoln Parkway
...
Interesting...
I guess those public transportation meccas have terrible traffic after all
It doesn't seem to be entire cities that are ranked, but rather the worst commuter routes. Apparently I-75 was deemed the worst commute in Atlanta, and it just didn't rank as highly as about 20 other routes in other cities.
Cool list, I never knew Honolulu had bad traffic (never had thought about it though). And as the Bay Area goes, I always thought 80 had worse traffic than 101.
And as the Bay Area goes, I always thought 80 had worse traffic than 101.
80 is considerably worse actually.
This ranking is much different from the region's own ranking that is devised by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. In that ranking 80 is first, followed by 580 in the Pleasanton Area and 3rd is 101 in Marin County.
I'm not surprised about Seattle ranking 7th for worst traffic on I-5. It's always backed up for almost the whole day. It's also the only major North to South freeway running thru the narrow city.
I see the horrible Chicago traffic on the news each morning. Sometimes those expressway times can get up to an hour and a half just to come 20 miles into the city. I've driven out of the city before where it takes me over 2 hours to go the 45 miles to clear the western suburbs.
Walking to the train, taking the train 8 stops and then walking to work might take 35 minutes - but I do like knowing within 3 or 4 minutes exactly how long it's going to take me to get to work in the morning. I just grab a good book and check out for 20 minutes on the L.
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