Thread: Metropolitan areas with most traffic congestion

Some of the most congested metro areas in the nation, according to the Texas Transportation Institute. Listed are the average number of hours drivers waste in peak-hour traffic delays per year. Nationally, drivers wasted an average of 36.1 hours in 2007, down from 36.6 hours in 2006 and a 25-year high of 37.4 hours in 2005.
Metro 2007 2006

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 70 72
Washington D.C.-Va.-Md. 62 59
Atlanta 57 59
Houston 56 56
San Francisco-Oakland 55 58
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 53 55
San Jose, Calif. 53 55
Orlando, Fla. 53 55
Detroit 52 53
San Diego, Calif. 52 54
Miami 47 48
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. 47 48
Denver-Aurora 45 48
New York-Newark NY-NJ-Conn. 44 45
Phoenix 44 45
Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. 44 45
Baltimore 44 44
Las Vegas 44 43
Seattle 43 45
Boston 43 44
Chicago 41 43
Tucson, Ariz. 41 43
Charlotte, N.C. 40 39
Sacramento, Calif. 39 42
Austin, Tex. 39 39
Minneapolis-St. Paul 39 40
Jacksonville, Fla. 39 38
Indianapolis 39 42
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Source: Texas Transportation Institute

Fuck, some days it takes me over an hour to go the 9 miles from work to my house......I thought we'd have flying cars by now, what happened?

I think 50% of the stress I feel by the end of the day is from my commute, I can feel the tension building in my body as soon as I hit the freeway, dodging shitty drivers.....

Getting stuck behind the guy who just lets idle push his car along as a 20 car gap builds in front of him, then he speeds up a little until the gap gets filled by the other lanes then he comes to a full stop for no reason....you feel like you are never going to get home when behind this guy......

or the guy who rides my bumper the whole time from on ramp to off ramp, you suddenly feel like becoming the idle driver guy when this asshole is back there......

or the asshole who rides just forward of you in the right lane with his indicator flashing so you let off the gas to let him in but he has no intention of changing lanes he just forgot to turn his blinker off......

then you got the guy who has trouble staying in his own lane at 5 MPH , your cruising along in your traffic induced daze when you suddenly feel your comfort zone shrinking then you look to the side and see the passenger side of this guys car 6 inches from your cars flawless freshly waxed finish....hey bud you got your whole lane plus the shoulder to wander around in stay out of mine unless you are actually changing lanes then at least make sure I am not next to you.....