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Measurably false, LA has the worst traffic in the world. >The average [LA] driver wasted 104 hours sitting in gridlock.... New York motorists spent 89 hours on
by SippinLean 10y ago
Measurably false, LA has the worst traffic in the world.
>The average [LA] driver wasted 104 hours sitting in gridlock.... New York motorists spent 89 hours on average...San Francisco...83 hours on average in 2016.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/20/los-angeles-new-york-and-san-francisco-most-congested-us-cities/98133702/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/20/los-angeles-n...
- zymhan 10y agoYou then proceed to list only US cities to back up your claim, disregading GP's point that other countries have much, much worse traffic in their biggest cities.
- SippinLean 10y ago>in the world The article mentions Moscow as the second-worst city for traffic
- MSM 10y agoNot sure this is measuring the same thing. For example, if I moved to NYC I wouldn't even bother buying a car because the traffic is so bad. I'd spend 0 hours in gridlock per year, but the traffic is still terrible.
- SippinLean 10y agoNot if you're driving over a bridge during rush hour. There's plenty of gridlock in NYC. It's on this list. Owning a car in NYC is mostly prohibited by cost (including parking), vs taking the subway