Surprisingly, according to most reports (yes, people actually write papers on this stuff) many of time Top Cities for Traffic are ones that many people wouldn't expect.
Seattle, is actually ranked #2 or #1 (fights with LA for the Title) the last few years. Dallas, which I don't think really is that bad is often ranked in the Top 5, above even DC.
I've lived in both of those cities, and haven't found either to be as bad as LA, even though numerous reports put them close or ahead (in the case of Seattle) of LA in terms of average hours spent in traffic.
