Traffic Sucks Worst on These 10 Roads...
CARS.COM — Traffic sucks in Los Angeles. It sucks so bad it literally drove Michael Douglas’ character in “Falling Down” to abandon his car on the freeway and walk — and nobody walks anywhere in L.A., bruh. But in L.A.’s D-FENS, its bumper-to-bumper traffic is only the suckiest on the planet in aggregate. When you break it down to individual roads, L.A. isn’t the suckiest of the suckiest — not even close, in fact.
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Turns out, that title belongs to New York. According to Kirkland, Wash.-based transportation analytics firm Inrix, a 4.7-mile stretch of the Big Apple’s Cross Bronx Expressway robs motorists of 86 hours, or more than 3.5 days, of their lives on average each year. And while NYC lays claim to three additional spots on Inrix’s top 10 worst traffic corridors, only one L.A. road makes the top 10 — and not until mid-pack, with a full 20 hours less wasted annually than the No. 1.
Here are the 10 U.S. roads where Michael Douglas would’ve lost his you-know-what:
10. Chicago’s I-90/I-94 southbound from Exit 34B to Exit 50B (West Ohio Street); 57 hours wasted
9. Philadelphia’s I-76 southbound from Exit 332 (West Conshohocken) to Exit 343 (Spring Garden Street); 58 hours
8. New York’s NJ-495 eastbound from the I-95 Junction to 12th Ave. (through the Lincoln Tunnel); 60 hours
7. New York’s 5th Avenue southbound from 120th Street to 40th Street; 61 hours
6. Austin, Texas’ I-35 southbound from Airport Boulevard to East Slaughter Lane; 63 hours
5. Los Angeles’ I-10 eastbound from Exit 3A (I-405) to Exit 12 (I-110); 66 hours
4. Boston’s I-93 northbound from Exit 5A (MA-24) to Exit 16 (Southampton Street); 72 hours
3. New York’s I-95 eastbound from Exit 70A (I-80) to Exit 7A (I-695); 76 hours
2. Chicago’s I-90/I-94 northbound from Exit 53A (I-55) to Exit 34B; 85 hours
1. New York’s I-95 westbound from Exit 6A (I-278) to Exit 2 (Trans-Manhattan Expressway); 86 hours
“Surprisingly, Los Angeles, with the top spot in peak hours sitting in congestion, only holds one spot on the list of worst corridors — I-10 eastbound between I-405 and I-110,” the Inrix traffic study stated. “San Francisco, the third highest-ranking city in the U.S. for peak time spent in congestion, doesn’t appear on the U.S. corridors list until the 31st spot.”
Chicago, which came in way down at No. 9 for worst traffic in the nation, ranked No. 2 and No. 10 among the most congested roads. Meanwhile, Austin, Texas, and Philadelphia — neither of which placed in the top tier for motoring misery in general — each is home to one of the slowest-moving thoroughfares in the U.S.
