LA, San Francisco and NYC Top Most Congested Roads Index
If you think your morning commute s getting worse, you’re probably right.
Many of the Top 10 cities on a new traffic congestion list suffered from having longer travel times vs. a year ago.
According to a new report, the TomTom Traffic Index 2016, overall congestion is heaviest in big West Coast cities, and booming metro areas in the South are not far behind.
Los Angeles ranked No. 1 for having the nastiest gridlock, ahead of San Francisco, New York, Seattle, San Jose and Honolulu.
In Los Angeles, a typical half hour commute took 81 percent longer during evening peak periods and 60 percent longer during the morning peak.
For weary drivers in Southern California, traffic jams added up to 164 hours of extra travel time per year – almost a full week stuck in their cars.
The study found Seattle had the country’s second-worst evening rush hour congestion with a 75 percent increase in travel time, followed by San Jose (74 percent), San Francisco (69 percent) and Houston (66 percent).
According to Ralf-Peter Schaefer, VP at TomTom Traffic, “Maybe the fastest way to get to work is by bike, on public transport, or even by foot.”
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