Study: D.C. Has Worst Traffic In The Nation

People complaining about D.C.’s unruly traffic finally have something tangible to back up their gripes. The traffic in the Washington, DC region is the worst in the nation, a study by Texas A&M Transportation Institute found.

Via NBC 4

The D.C. region’s traffic is worse than chronically choked L.A., San Francisco and New York, the report says.

The Institute’s new Urban Mobility Report contains data from 2011. And it says D.C.-area drivers wasted an average of 67 hours that year stuck in traffic.

That’s almost two full work weeks spent behind the wheel each year.

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