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How many times have you been sitting in stopped traffic and you said “can it get any worst?” Well yes it can!!! Washington, D.C. ranks #18 in the world for traffic congestion.
A new study combines anonymous GPS data from connected cars and smartphones with other information, including construction and road closures.
Not surprisingly, the most congested traffic in our area is during the morning and afternoon/evening commutes, when drivers are in congestion 23 percent of the time, on roads into and out of D.C.
Los Angeles, California is the most congested city in the study, Moscow, New York City, Sao Paulo and San Francisco rounding out the top five.
Other American cities with more congestion than the D.C. area are Atlanta (10) and Miami (14).
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