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Top 10 worst U.S. cities for traffic

Wednesday, at 10:34 by

Honolulu has the worst traffic in the nation, according to a traffic research company. Kirkland, Wash.-based INRIX said Los Angeles ranked second in 2011. In 2010, L.A. was No. 1 and Honolulu was No. 2. Of the 100 most populated cities tracked by INRIX, 70 showed a drop in traffic congestion, the company said in its fifth annual report on traffic. Overall, the congestion dropped 30 percent. The report found: –Cities with the biggest drops in congestion had gas prices… Read More »

Taking the 405 in L.A.? Don’t

Wednesday, at 2:54 by

If you’re planning a trip to L.A. in a couple of weekends, you might want to reconsider. Here’s a story from the New York Times that details the plan to shut Interstate 405 for 53 hours! By ADAM NAGOURNEY NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES — You would think that Los Angeles, of all places, would know how to handle a catastrophe. But in just more than a week, 11 miles of Interstate 405 — the north-south spine of the west… Read More »

China’s 60-mile-long traffic jam

Wednesday, at 6:14 by

This is one of those so-you-thought-it-was-bad-here type of stories — from the Associated Press: BEIJING (AP) — China has just been declared the world’s second biggest economy, and now it has a monster traffic jam to match. Triggered by road construction, the snarl-up began 10 days ago and was 60 miles long at one point. Reaching almost to the outskirts of Beijing, traffic still creeps along in fits and starts, and the crisis could last for another three weeks, authorities… Read More »