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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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America's Best and Worst Commutes

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/25/i...orst-commutes/

I can vouch for LA. It was the only place where there was a 7-lane highway and STILL even at 12am on a weekday, there was a good (bad?) amount of congestion.... 55-60 mph in the fast lane.

Gotta say San Jose is quite bad during rush hour too. But generally its not bad 24/7 literally like LA is.

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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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I guess they missed the NY metro region
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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San Jose? Hmmm good thing I'm always against traffic on my commute to work.
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 11:12 AM
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NJ = The Road Construction State

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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Hapa DC5
San Jose? Hmmm good thing I'm always against traffic on my commute to work.
I drive from north of SF to San Jose every single day and I'm never in traffic. Although I don't touch 87, 101, 880, etc. I do see that shit back up from my office though.
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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hmmm no nyc? well i guess i dont feel so bad now after reading what you LA boys go through
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by pttl
NJ = The Road Construction State

not as bad as 95 in Maryland (baltimore area)
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Old Dec 26, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Commuted Miami Beach to downtown and from West Palm to Miami with little traffic. Main traffic seemed to be around ft lauderdale
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by nj2pa2nc
not as bad as 95 in Maryland (baltimore area)


DC / No. VA / MD just sucks a John Holmes. Nothing like two hours to go 8 miles. And every back road is congested.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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Akron made the list. Cleveland should have as well. The traffic is really not bad here, even during rush hour.

Of course, that's because unemployment is so high here and no one wants to live or move a business here.

On the plus side: more clear roads for me!
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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I live in the Dallas burbs, and have a 15.4 mile commute that rarely takes me much longer than 20 minutes. But, there are retards here that live in McKinney and commute downtown to save $50k on a house because they suck at time value of money.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by pttl
NJ = The Road Construction State

Louisiana has at least 2 roads on almost every top 10 worst roads in america list..

our roads officially suck dick.

reference I-12 and I-55

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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by brizey
I live in the Dallas burbs, and have a 15.4 mile commute that rarely takes me much longer than 20 minutes. But, there are retards here that live in McKinney and commute downtown to save $50k on a house because they suck at time value of money.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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La/ riverside area is horrible on a Friday night at 11PM we were stuck in traffic for an hour coming from Santa Barb to Glendale...


Damn never knew San Jose was that bad, I thought Sacramento traffic was bad. Hope I dont start working out of SJ soon
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Flipster23
La/ riverside area is horrible on a Friday night at 11PM we were stuck in traffic for an hour coming from Santa Barb to Glendale...


Damn never knew San Jose was that bad, I thought Sacramento traffic was bad. Hope I dont start working out of SJ soon
Its Friday night in LA, what do you expect? An hour from SB to Glendale seems pretty fast IMO. Plus, Riverside is not that close to LA and nowhere near SB or Glendale, there is quite a bit of pavement between them. Nonetheless, traffic in Socal sucks and I try to avoid it like the plague, which doesn't seem to be working.

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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 05:22 PM
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by pttl
NJ = The Road Construction State


Maybe. But in NJ, road construction usually reaches completion in a relatively respectful amount of time. That doesn't seem to be the case in Pa, Md and Va.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by madcaps
Its Friday night in LA, what do you expect? An hour from SB to Glendale seems pretty fast IMO. Plus, Riverside is not that close to LA and nowhere near SB or Glendale, there is quite a bit of pavement between them. Nonetheless, traffic in Socal sucks and I try to avoid it like the plague, which doesn't seem to be working.
no we were just sitting for an hour. that wasnt the total commute time. Yea the traffic does suck hince why i dont and will never move out there
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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DC / No. VA / MD just sucks a John Holmes. Nothing like two hours to go 8 miles. And every back road is congested.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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I know Dallas is full of stupid ass drivers, but I'm not seeing the "worst" commute. Must be the light traffic I go through on the GWB tollway.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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Whenever I go to LA (Like LAX or Downtown), it usually has pretty bad traffic.

I don't live too far away from LA but traffic isn't too bad here and it gets better the more I go towards San Bernardino.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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Indianapolis has very little traffic as well. It's great. My suburb does though. My school is 5 miles away but it takes 20 minutes to get there in the morning.
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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Maybe. But in NJ, road construction usually reaches completion in a relatively respectful amount of time. That doesn't seem to be the case in Pa, Md and Va.
295 has been under construction for 4 - 5 years now. Disgraceful.
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by pttl
295 has been under construction for 4 - 5 years now. Disgraceful.
Must be a South Jersey thing.
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 10:08 AM
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it takes so long to complete construction on our interstates, that by the time they reach the end, the beginning has already started laying new pavement.
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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Los Angeles psh ... why am I not surprised
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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still shocked that NYC isn't on it... but i guess it is true... there are peak hours for the city... but in LA there is always traffic...
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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interesting nova is not on the map i thought it was horrible traffic
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Old Dec 28, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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amazed DC didn't make the list
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