Is Pittsburgh a hard city to drive in?

Navigating Pittsburgh in a car can be tricky You can come to a standstill for several light cycles in the busiest parts of the city. Some of the worst areas around town include Interstate 376 to the airport and Rte 28 to Etna/Highland Park/Aspinwall.



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1. Brussels, Belgium. Brussels takes the top spot as the hardest city to drive in, with an overall score of 23 out of 100. In Brussels, the average person spends 236 hours in rush hour a year, with the average speed during this time being 12.4 mph.

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The 10 U.S. cities with the worst drivers, based on ConsumerAffairs' analysis, were:
  • Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Macon, Georgia.
  • St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Detroit, Michigan and Victorville, California (tied)
  • Hesperia, California.


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Lebanon took top spot and the unenviable title of the world's most dangerous country to be a driver, with a high road traffic death rate of 22.6 deaths per 100,000 population, extremely poor road quality conditions and a motor vehicle theft rate of 179 thefts per 100,000 population.

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With it's wide-open highways and urban 'blocks', it shouldn't matter how big a car you hire, making progress is pretty straightforward – especially compared to some European road networks. There are some elements of US driving that take some getting used to though, including driving on the right.

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Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) is the public transit agency for the greater Pittsburgh area, providing bus, light rail, incline and paratransit service to about 230,000 riders daily.

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Downtown Pittsburgh has some street crime but that is usually late at night and usually drug-related from the details which get published. It is generally considered a safe place to walk around. You'll generally be OK, especially in a group.

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