This was recently confirmed in an annual national traffic study done by the Texas Transportation Institute. Los Angeles, California ranks first.
The average Washington driver wastes as much as 62 hours a year stuck in traffic on the highways and byways. The city has initiated major expensive and controversial road projects meant to reduce traffic congestion in order to deal with the problem. It has built a new interchange in Springfield, Virginia, a town just outside Washington; a new bridge; it has designated “hot” lanes on the Capital Beltway in Virginia; and widened an interstate in Virginia. Yet, people in the know say that no matter how much road building or expanded commuter rail lines, the trend will continue to be bad. And, of course, when the recession ends, it is believed that things will get worse.
Experts say that doubling the number of lanes on an off-ramp can eliminate some bottlenecks. But the real problem is that people live away from where the jobs are. They say that people will have to relocate to where the jobs are or the jobs will have to come to where the people are. Something else that would help, they say, is the use of more toll roads which will encourage people not to use certain roads during commuting hours.