California & Texas Top America’s Worst Commutes List

The worst commutes

According to TheDailyBeast.com, America’s traffic congestion is predictably centered around some of the largest urban hubs in America. The report outlines commute times, speeds and expert opinions as to why each city appears in their list.

Below, we outlined the top 50 worst commutes in America, and interestingly, California occupying 14% of the list and Texas occupying 10%, the two states alone account for a quarter of the worst commutes:

1. Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles
2. Lunalilo Freeway, Honolulu
3. Capital Beltway around Washington DC
4. IH-35, Austin
5. James Lick Freeway (US 101), San Francisco
6. Cross Bronx Expressway, New York City
7. I-5, Seattle
8. I-95, Bridgeport, CT
9. Kennedy Expressway, Chicago
10. Airport Expressway (State Road 112), Miami
11. Bayshore Freeway (US 101), San Jose
12. Loop 610 around Houston
13. I-10, Baton Rouge
14. Southeast Expressway, Boston
15. Loop 820 around Dallas-Fort Worth
16. I-5, Portland, OR
17. I-494, Minneapolis-St. Paul
18. I-264, Virginia Beach
19. San Diego Freeway (I-5), San Diego
20. Schuylkill Expressway, Philadelphia
21. Baltimore Beltway around Baltimore
22. I-75, Atlanta
23. I-275, Tampa
24. I-25, Denver
25. Riverside Freeway, Riverside, CA
26. Ronald Reagan Freeway, Oxnard, CA
27. I-10, New Orleans
28. I-91, New Haven
29. Papago Freeway (I-10), Phoenix
30. Penn Lincoln parkway (I-376), Pittsburgh
31. Capital City Freeway, Sacramento
32. I-15, Las Vegas
33. I-84, Hartford, CT
34. I-94, Milwaukee
35. East Independence Blvd, Charlotte, NC
36. I-75, Cincinnati
37. I-65, Birmingham, AL
38. Loop 410 around San Antonio
39. Edsel Ford Freeway (I-94), Detroit
40. I-10, El Paso
41. I-195, Providence
42. I-90, Cleveland
43. I-26, Charleston, SC
44. I-40, Nashville
45. I-270, St. Louis
46. I-4, Orlando
47. I-24, Chattanooga
48. I-95, Jacksonville
49. I-65, Louisville
50. I-40, Raleigh, NC

Commutes in your ‘hood?

Do commutes in your area effect buyers’ purchases and how do you overcome objections of high traffic areas or do you yourself try to avoid them? Looking at comments of the commute list is interesting in gauging perception of where people live. What are commutes like in your neighborhood?