American Gridlock
Traffic is making millions sick and tired. The bad news? It's going to get worse unless things change in a real big way
By Phillip J. Longman
Posted 5/20/01
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Going nowhere fast
Drivers in Atlanta and Los Angeles endured the worst traffic delays on the East and West coasts in 1999. Atlantans lost an average of 53 hours that year; Los Angelenos, 56 hours. A sampling of traffic delays across the nation:
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Annual delay per person, in hours
Philadelphia 26
Phoenix 31
Cincinnati 32
Charlotte 32
Albuquerque 33
Portland 34
Chicago 34
New York 34
Minn.-St. Paul 38
Detroit 41
San Francisco 42
Nashville 42
Orlando 42
Miami 42
Boston 42
St. Louis 44
Denver 45
Austin 45
Washington, D.C. 46
Houston 50
Seattle 53
Atlanta 53
Los Angeles 56
Source: Texas Transportation Institute--Texas A&M University; Stephen Rountree--USN&WR
With Jim Moscou, Jill Jordan Sieder, Mike Tharp, John Slania and Mike Tobin
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