Most Congested Cities

The Texas Transportation Institute's annual congestion study ranks the cities with the worst congestion. Guess who leads the list?

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June 21, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"For sheer traffic misery, Los Angeles tops the charts. The nation's second-most populous urban area, after New York City, had both the longest average delay -- 136 hours a year -- and the highest travel time index. The average trip took almost twice as long at rush hour. A distant second in both measures was the San Francisco-Oakland area."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

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