Ten Cities with the Worst Traffic

Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 05/01/2013 | Alexander E.M. Hess and Samuel Weigley

[Inyo-Mono]

Which is why I stay out of cities as much as possible, although I do go to Carson City and Reno every few months.

[Arrowhead1952]

The one thing I enjoy more than anything in retirement, is missing the PM commute. My 45 minute 35 mile commute in 1990 when we moved to Lago, ended up as 1 hour and 15 or 20 minutes in 2011. The 1990 trip included many traffic lights on 183, not a freeway as it is now.

[laplata]

I live so far out in the boonies that I have to pack a lunch when I go to my mail box.

[Caipirabob]

You’re lucky to get in and out of Bridgeport with a car if its the same as I remember it.

[laplata]

Where is Lago?

[DManA]

Even after the nation’s taxpayers gifted them with a the finest subway money can buy DC is still #9. So much for the claim that mass transit eases traffic.

[qam1]

Sorry but Washington D.C. is the worst, simply because Virginia has the worst and most incompetent drivers by far in the country, if not the world.

I would love to protest Marxist Maryland and not spend any money there, but when I am heading down south I have to stop in Maryland to get gas because I get so infuriated by all the @$$¶¤|£ Virginia drivers who drive under the speed limit in the left lane I refuse to spend money in that state.

You people in Virginia should be embarrassed and ashamed by how bad and pathetic you drive.

[Inyo-Mono]

I live so far out in the boonies that I have to pack a lunch when I go to my mail box.

LOL! I hear you.

[rwfromkansas]

In cities like that, it would be nice to have a telecommuting option at home.

[Arrowhead1952]

Lago Vista is 35 miles NW of downtown Austin on Lake Travis.

[Arrowhead1952]

Some workers had that option for several days per month, but it is hard to repair vehicles via Internet.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Worst drivers in the world are in Puerto Rico.
Hands down.

[SeeSharp]

I can’t believe Houston didn’t make the list.

[SeeSharp]

And you can add to that Virginia’s totalitarian ban on radar detectors while you’re at it.

[Paladin2]

Chicago is nearly as bad as NYC (not just the mayors or taxes, the traffic).

[txhurl]

No metro area with more than a million residents had a greater percentage increase in population from July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, than Austin’s 3% growth, according to the Austin Statesman. This is hardly news for the area, which has expanded rapidly for more than a decade and, like much of the state, has been unable to expand transportation infrastructure to handle this growth.

In 2012, Austin was one of four metro areas with an INRIX index score higher than 20, well above the 6.6 score for the U.S. overall. It was also one of just six large metro areas in which the INRIX index score worsened compared to the year before. --------------- Having an early job (6-3) helps out tremendously.

[Ramius]

If you build it, they will come. It is virtually impossible to build roads fast enough to ever meaningfully improve commute times for very long. Newer, faster highways attract commuters... And convinces them they can move farther out and have an acceptable commute. More and more people do this until traffic is just as lousy as it was before.

People plan their commute based on the -time- it takes, not the distance. Most people have an upper limit of about an hour, after which it starts becoming unacceptable. Likewise most people prefer and can live with a half hour commute without too much discomfort. Commute times, property values, traffic density, and housing density are all in constant flux, expanding and contracting in succession. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong or indifferent. It just is.

The funny thing is that overall... The one thing that never really changes is commute time. Notice in the above data that in all those cities the average time is still always about 30 minutes anyway, regardless.

[Jyotishi]

> 2. Honolulu

Honolulu traffic cams

http://www.kitv.com/news/traffic/traffic-cams

[DYngbld]

If you don't like Virginia drivers stay home.
I am retired and not in a hurry. (I also don't cruse in the left lane).
I agree Virginia has some bad drivers, and the further north the worse, but I have lived in several states and driven in several countries, and I think Virginia has some of the most inconsiderate drivers, and I have lived here for several years. It is not to bad outside of NOVA, and Tidewater areas.