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1. Los Angeles, Calif.
2. New York, N.Y.
3. Chicago, Ill.
4. Washington, D.C. (up from 6th in 2008)
5. Dallas, Texas
6. Houston, Texas (down from 4th in 2008)
7. San Francisco, Calif.
8. Boston, Mass.
9. Seattle, Wash.
10. Philadelphia, Pa. (up from 11th in 2008)
LA of course keeps the top spot. No surprise there.
And now Dallas has worse traffic than Houston. I guess hell finally did freeze over.
1. Los Angeles, Calif.
2. New York, N.Y.
3. Chicago, Ill.
4. Washington, D.C. (up from 6th in 2008)
5. Dallas, Texas
6. Houston, Texas (down from 4th in 2008)
7. San Francisco, Calif.
8. Boston, Mass.
9. Seattle, Wash.
10. Philadelphia, Pa. (up from 11th in 2008)
LA of course keeps the top spot. No surprise there.
And now Dallas has worse traffic than Houston. I guess hell finally did freeze over.
Where is Atlanta? Traffic is incredibly bad here, but it has lightened up since we've been affected so badly by the recession.
Dallas has it pretty bad. It was bad even during the non-rush periods on certain freeways (LBJ/Central, and I saw a bad traffic jam up by the Bush Turnpike too).
1. Los Angeles, Calif.
2. New York, N.Y.
3. Chicago, Ill.
4. Washington, D.C. (up from 6th in 2008)
5. Dallas, Texas
6. Houston, Texas (down from 4th in 2008) 7. San Francisco, Calif.
8. Boston, Mass.
9. Seattle, Wash.
10. Philadelphia, Pa. (up from 11th in 2008)
Yeah, there's nothing like the joy of being stuck on the 5 (which IMO is way way worse than the 405) at 3 AM in Santa Fe Springs. This has happened to me on 4 different occasions, at all times of the year! If that's the sign of LA being a world city, then I really wish it was a small town again
The Bay Area, by comparison, has absolutely no traffic at all. However, my commute home from work does suck sometimes since urban planning was done using an advanced algorithim designed to give maximum discomfort to commuters, so I started using the 5-8 PM slot to study for other things so traffic can clear up.
According to the report, the Top 10 worst traffic bottlenecks nationwide were:
1. New York: The Cross Bronx Expressway/I-95 Southbound at the Bronx River Parkway
2. Chicago: I-90 Westbound at Cermak Rd. (up from 7th in 2008)
3. New York: Cross Bronx Expressway at I-895 (up from 5th in 2008)
4. New York: Cross Bronx Expressway at White Plains Road (up from 5th in 2008)
5. New York: Harlem River Drive Southbound at 3rd Ave. (down from 2nd in 2008)
6. New Haven, CT: I-91 Southbound at Hamilton St. (up from 62nd in 2008)
7. Los Angeles: US-101 North bound at Los Angeles St.(up from 13th in 2008)
8. Chicago: I-90 Westbound at 18th St. (up from 24th in 2008)
9. New York: Cross Bronx Expressway at Westchester Ave. (up from 11th)
10. Chicago: I-90 Westbound at Ruble St.(up from 26th in 2008)
The Bay Area, by comparison, has absolutely no traffic at all. However, my commute home from work does suck sometimes since urban planning was done using an advanced algorithim designed to give maximum discomfort to commuters, so I started using the 5-8 PM slot to study for other things so traffic can clear up.
The only place in the Bay Area where I've been consistently stuck in traffic is on 80/580 south just before the big 80/580/880 interchange. It doesn't matter if it's a weekday or the weekday, that particular spot seems to be backed up all the time.
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