California has worst U.S. traffic: study

[jpak]

http://publicbroadcasting.net/opb/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1105572

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Californians idle in the nation's worst traffic jams on interstates surrounding major metropolitan areas but they are far from alone -- 52 percent of these urban stretches of highways are congested, according to a new study released on Thursday.

Drivers in four lucky states enjoyed zero congestion: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

But one Midwestern state, Minnesota, and two East Coast states nearly matched California's sorry showing.

Some 83.33 percent of California's urban interstates are overcrowded, followed by Minnesota at 77.78 percent and New Jersey at 73.35 percent, according to the 16th annual survey by The Reason Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonpartisan group.

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[ananda]

1. You know what!?

I think Houston's traffic is horrible. I can't imagine worse.

Sue

[DBoon]

2. a simple way to improve traffic:

We have plenty of people who moved to California from somewhere else and yet complain incessantly that California sucks and they can't stand the place and it doesn't compare to NewYork/Chicago/Iowa/wherever else they came from.

If every one of these people moved back to their original home, there would be absolutely no traffic.

[damntexdem]

3. California doesn't have the worst traffic. It has nice traffic.

Just too much of it.

Texas has the worst traffic: big pickups everywhere.