Hate your Commute? A few places not to live....

[DaemonSeid]

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.

Manhattan popularized the term "gridlock" but traffic jams on New York's urban interstates were only mediocre, ranking 37th at 53.39 percent, according to the libertarian-idea promoting group that compared volume-to-capacity ratios.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070628/...tates_roads_dc

[AlphaFrog]

Hear on the radio North Carolina is 48th on the list, right above California. It's also 3rd from the bottom on those states who spent the most money on their roads. And, it's got the #1 fastest growing city in the nation (Raleigh) and the #3ish fastest growing county in the nation (Union).

I think NC government needs to wake up and smell the concrete. It shouldn't take me 30 min to get from I-77 to Pineville that's 5 miles away on 485, and then 15-20 minutes to get from Pineville to my exit that's about 20 miles away.

[REE1993]

We used to live in MA, and my husband had to get into Boston every day. We lived 36 miles from the city. Whether he took the train or drove, it was almost a 2-hour commute.

Driving, with the congestion and parking (30$ a day) was obviously tortuous, but the train faired no better - drive to the station (15 min), take the commuter rail in (1.5 hours), take the T (subway) 10-15 min, then walk a few blocks.

Some 83.33 percent of California's urban interstates are overcrowded...

ya think?! overcrowded is an understatement

Try being one of the 83.33 % of them having to deal with it on a daily basis ....its UGLY!!

[SWTXBelle]

One thing I don't miss AT ALL after moving from Houston TX to middle-of-nowhere TN - unless I get caught behind a tractor, I never have to deal with traffic!

[KDAngel]

I commute in and out of DC everyday -- thanks to all the tourists (especially this time of year) it's brutal.