Los Angeles is still at the top of the list when it comes to cities with traffic congestion. It has actually gotten worse than it was before the pandemic.
A study from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute shows traffic congestion is 15% higher than it was in 2019.
“They're incurring 137 extra hours of travel delay in 2024 in L.A. All over the nation, that number is 63,” Kartikeya Jha, a research scientist at Texas A&M, told KNX News’ Jon Baird.
Researchers said the morning and afternoon commutes would be worse if some people hadn't started working flexible hours or working from home during the COVID pandemic.
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“The good aspect of people traveling during different parts of the day is that it relieves congestion from those peak periods of the day,” Jha explained. “The flip side, or not so good aspect, is because people are traveling during different parts of the day, it makes travel more unpredictable.”
Drivers in the Bay Area are also experiencing similar levels of traffic congestion.
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