As anyone who has tried to negotiate Tinseltown freeways like the I-5, 10 and 405, gridlock is a way of life, Los Angelinos measuring distances in time, rather than miles. But after holding the “honor” of being America’s most congested city for the last three decades, LA has emerged from the pandemic way down in the No. 4 spot, at least according to a new study by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.
Based on the number of hours a typical motorist is expected to lose creeping through traffic, the New York-Newark megalopolis took the title. Drivers in and around the Big Apple will clock 56 lost hours a year, according to the institute’s 2021 Urban Mobility Report.
Texas A&M lists Boston as No. 2, drivers losing 50 hours, with Houston listed as No. 3, with motorists stuck in traffic for 49 hours in 2020. San Francisco-Oakland came in just under the LA region, congestion rounded out to a near identical 46 hours.
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