Recent studies:
=American Road and Transportation Builders Association=
=American Public Transportation Association=
"...the study ranks the Washington region
third worst among the largest cities, based on how crowded its roads are."
"The area ranks
second for the worst traffic during the morning and evening peak."
=The American Highway Users Alliance=
"...the nation's worst 24 bottlenecks where drivers experience at least 10 million hours of delay annually at each site. These top 24 are located in 13 metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Providence, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, D.C."
=Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)=
"San Bernardino (Cal.) area comes in first, with commuters spending 76 hours in traffic jams each year, while Washington, D.C., ranks second with 70 hours spent in traffic jams."
Although
NY / NY #1 in rudeness & safety!
