Seattle Traffic Only Ninth-Worst
June 17th, 2008 by ed friedrichJust found an Associated Press story that Seattle is ranked
ninth in the nation for traffic congestion. Considering how bad
traffic is over there, it’s hard to imagine there are eight cities
that are worse. There aren’t any real surprises on the list. I
wonder what big cities have good traffic. I’ll see if I can find if
there’s more of the list that shows good places to drive.
Here’s the little story:
KIRKLAND (AP) — A national traffic information provider based
here didn’t have to go far to find the region’s worst traffic
bottleneck.
Inrix Inc., which is based in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland,
reported Tuesday that it’s the State Route 520 corridor between
Seattle and the suburbs east of Lake Washington.
Founder and chief executive Bryan Mistele says, “the worst traffic
bottleneck in our city is directly across from our corporate
headquarters, so we’re definitely feeling the pain ourselves.”
In overall traffic congestion ratings, Inrix ranks Seattle ninth
nationwide. Los Angeles was ranked first, followed by New York,
Chicago, Washington, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco, Houston and
Boston. Atlanta was ranked 10.
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
June 21st, 2008 at 11:52 am
I’m looking forward to your list of the ten best, Ed.
Sharon O’Hara