Worst metro-area traffic

I'm sure they do. Last winter we had a couple of storms, and both times the freeway was littered with abandoned cars. Fortunately with my hours and my Audi, getting to and from work was no problem. Seattle is so funny about snow -- it's a combination of scared-shitless drivers and little preparation (i.e. there are barely any plows because it barely ever snows).

 

I remember a storm so bad when I was growing up that they had to have a convoy of plows coming over I-90 from the eastern side of the state to help dig out Seattle. The city of Seattle only had something like 3 plows, like that would ever be enough.

 

So that was YOU following me home last week?

And W-B, Baltimore/D.C. is far worse at the cutting people off thing.

 

It happens everywhere, but in Boston cutting off is expected from what all the locals told me ... I happily obliged.

 

The week before, I let you go with a flip of the finger in Newton.

 

Good call. That whole Outer Loop/Inner Loop thing on 440 is incredibly confusing.

 

I think it is worth mentioning that the DC gridlock going into work starts at 6 am. Coming home, about 4 pm, and it can reach over 45 miles south in Fredericksburg.

Richmond has no traffic to speak of.

I will give Pittsburgh a quick shout, but not for traffic. It might be the easiest city to get lost/turned around.

 

I cannot believe, especially with the mess after the 35W Bridge Collapse, that the Twin Cities has yet to be mentioned.

Not as bad as Chicago, but still pretty bad.

 

Here are my reasons for NYC:

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is a clusterfuck anytime of the day.
I've waited nearly two hours to go 2 miles to cross the George Washington Bridge.
Canal Street at rush hour makes you understand road rage.
Lincoln Tunnel at rush hour....ugh.

 

Never had this problem. E-ZPass is a big reason why. I've probably crossed the GWB 25, 30 times, too.

The Gowanus is a perpetual parking lot.

 

I rest my case.

 

Everyone thinks their traffic or humidity is the worst.

Which large Metro areas have the worst traffic combined with the worst (or least used) mass transit system?

I'd say L.A. and Atlanta have to be pretty high on that.