[Vigilanteman]

No surprise that five of the ten are in California. What is surprising is that only one city in the northeast made the list. Details at the link, but the top ten are:

1. Los Angeles
   
2. San Francisco
   
3. Atlanta
   
4. San Diego
   
5. Washington, DC
   
6. Houston
   
7. Dallas-Ft. Worth
   
8. Riverside-San Bernardino
   
9. San Jose
   
10. Detroit
    

[ken21]

>”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.

[Tallguy]

Honorable Mention: Philadelphia.

I-95 or the “Shore-Kill Expressway”. Takes years off your life.

[proudpapa]

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.

[rabscuttle385]

LOL! the DC metro area made the list. What a shocker.

[Alouette]

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.

[Alouette]

Chicago should be on that list.

[gracesdad]

Looks like California is one huge traffic jam.

[chicagolady]

CHICAGO!

[Don Corleone]

How ‘bout the “Crash Ryan” in Chicongo?

[weegee]

6. Houston

[RainMan]

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.

[BellStar]

I am so excited
about this ticket!
Could fix this!
6. Houston
7. Dallas --- Ft. Worth

[mountainlion]

At a quick glance it looks like the same list for gun control and top gang violence and top murder capitals.

[Clint N. Suhks]

DC should be #2, it has been for the last several decades.

[bmwcyle]

WE’ RE NUMBER FIVE!!

[joe fonebone]

we made the top 10 again!!!! Tops in murders, drugs, violent crime, non violent crime, welfare recipients, overweight people and top 10 in traffic congestion....GO DETROIT!!!!

[trebb]

I traveled from Mississippi to New York in July and the area around Louisville, KY was about 25 cents higher than all the other areas I passed through.

[Entrepreneur]

Want to cut back on congestion? Cut back on HOV lanes... another failed liberal initiative with unintended consequences.

[sportutegrl]

Here is the sportutegirl's plan to reduce our dependence on oil, (as compared to Obama's inflated plan).

Build enough highways so there is no gridlock.

Time redlights to minimize waiting-no one should ever stop if there is no opposing traffic.

Design intersections to speed traffic through the intersection with as little stopping and waiting as possible. My favorite design is the cloverleaf intersection.

Consider the lowly intersection: everyone wants to traverse the middle square of real estate. Design a red light to minimize each car's time in the square. Use multiple left turn lanes to maximize the number of cars that get through on a left turn arrow. More lanes mean more cars that get through on each green cycle. An ideal intersection would have the same number of left turn lanes and straight lanes as the number of lanes in the highway, along with at least one dedicated right turn lane.

Finally, right turn on red should be the law in all 50 states.

[quadrant]

LA at #1, that's understandable; the metro area is a big parking lot. SF is bad for drivers because the price of gasoline is astronomical, but the traffic except during peak hours and in the Financial District is not too bad. Atlanta a #3, I'd have to quibble about that; at rush hour, the traffic is very heavy, but during non-peak hours, the traffic moves relatively freely. Detroit at #10, well, that's not a surprise. The Motor City may build cars, but the population is so poor and has declined in numbers to the point that few drive.