Analysis of 124 U.S. metro areas ranked by average commute time, rush hour speed, annual gas cost, and morning fatal crash rates.
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, NHTSA, AAA Gas Prices, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Posted by mark-fitzbuzztrick
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Extremely surprised that Atlanta didn’t make a single list. Probably just my limited experience with these other cities but it feels like gridlocked hell here most of the time. Also tons of insanely reckless drivers in the city.
God these lists are so dumb. News flash: LA, the Bay Area, and NYC have bad traffic and (checks notes) Jacksonville, North Carolina doesn’t. Who knew?!?
r/PeopleLiveInCities
These should really be ranked by metro areas. SF and Oakland is the same traffic.
Best and worst for _driving_ commutes. People who walk, bike, or take the subway don’t exist.
San Francisco and Oakland is the same traffic. So is LA and Long Beach. Also, Riverside and San Bernardino.
Is the beautiful data in the room with us?
Four of these are basically the LA metro area (or Southern California megalopolis), and three are the Bay Area (or Northern California megalopolis).
I don’t feel like the cost of fuel should be a factor in this type of ranking
The key to driving in Memphis borders on being to out asshole the other assholes.
I Iive in NYC and bike 11 minutes to work. Most people I know take the subway and get to work in under <40. Wild that a study on commutes would rank cities without accounting for public transit utilization
Lol at San Bernardino, is it worth the traffic to even live there?
would be curious to see how baltimore compares to last year’s data since the Key Bridge collapse taking out part of the beltway
More interesting that the morning crash stats confirm southern drivers are indeed worse drivers
Well, good thing that if I ever visit NYC, I would just use the subways because it’s not a car dependent city.
The authors of this don’t seem to know about public transit…