With a national average of 47% congestion, California comes in at number one for worst traffic in the United States with an 87% congestion rate. California is followed closely by Maryland at 83% and New Jersey at 81%.
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Montana is considered the best state when it comes to traffic/infrastructure. However, there is a two-way tie for states with highest percentage of rush hour congestion: Florida and Massachusetts. There is a five-way tie for states with the lowest percentage: Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
Trying to get into NYC during rush hour (or out of it during rush hour) is generally much worse than the LA freeways at rush hour although in LA you can find yourself stopped and in such times they can be comparable.
California. Perhaps it is no surprise that California has the worst traffic in the entire country—the Golden State's traffic so legendary, Saturday Night Live had an entire sketch series about navigating the congested highways.
Los Angeles has world's worst traffic; Nashville, Atlanta hold their own. DETROIT (AP) -- When it comes to getting stuck in traffic on the way to and from work, Los Angeles leads the world. Drivers in the car-crazy California metropolis spent 104 hours each driving in congestion during peak travel periods last year.
LONDON has been revealed as the world's slowest city - where it takes a whopping 42 minutes to travel just six miles by car. The capital of the UK has been rated the worst city in the world for congestion at peak times - beating the famously busy cities of Paris and Los Angeles.
A view of Interstate 95 looking north through downtown Stamford, Conn., on Saturday October 15, 2022. The stretch of I-95 South from Westport to Greenwich ranked as the most congested corridor in the United States.