Posted on 09/02/2008 6:49:33 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
>”a grueling commute by car.”<
leftist dribble.
ever been on a los angeles bus when some armed brothers get on? at the next stop, everyone gets off the bus.
Honorable Mention: Philadelphia.
I-95 or the “Shore-Kill Expressway”. Takes years off your life.
Detroit - Bwhahahahaha!
The only traffic jam there is people with their Uhauls tring to get the hell out.
Somehow they missed liberal cess pool, Seattle.
LOL! the DC metro area made the list. What a shocker.
I do not know why Detroit is on the list. I have never had to drive longer than 20 minutes to get to work, and I have worked all over the metro area.
Chicago should be on that list.
Looks like California is one huge traffic jam.
I wonder how much would be saved?
I’d always heard that DC was #2, and previous studies of this sort have said the same thing. Having driven in other cities on the list, I’d certainly give DC the Number 2 rating, after LA.
That would be the ‘Sure-kill Expressway’...and I agree, because of it, Philly definitely deserves an honarable mention...
CHICAGO!
Thanks for the correction. I grew-up in the northern ‘burbs of Philly — Willow Grove area. I never got on the “Sure-Kill” much because of that. I-95 — all the time.
I now live out in Harrisburg, so it’s the “Shore-Kill”. The reason is that the only time I’m on it is to go Down-a-Shore.
How ‘bout the “Crash Ryan” in Chicongo?
6. Houston
Chicago
how could they miss that one
the radio stations have traffic reports at 2 in the morning
Oh RIGHT, like you would EVER take a bus in Los Angeles. Best to walk.
And much more so nowadays. I drove regularly in L.A. from '79 to '00 (mostly on the West side), and the traffic was always bad, topping every "worst traffic" list I ever read. Moved away in 2000, and friends kept telling me how much worse it'd gotten in a relatively short time (3 - 4 years). Didn't believe them. ....until I returned.
I just downloaded the excel data ... the data is rigged. The “average” commute of someone in NYC or DC is “longer” than the average commute of someone in Seattle. I really dont think so. East Coast cities were designed and grew up around urban life. West Coast cities are spread out and life is not urban centric. Mrs R and I had jobs where we each commuted 20 miles each way, in opposite directions. Seattle has a very unique challenge ... a huge population of commuters lives on the other side of a lake from Seattle, which automatically makes thier commutes a minimum of 6 miles each way, and the lake is only served by 2 bridges. There is only one N-S Freeway (I-5) in Seattle, 2 E-W Bridges (I-90 and 520), and 1 half-loop (I-405) around town. There is no other city in America as big with as little freeway. My current commute is 30 miles each way, each day.
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