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Los Angeles named the most congested city in the world

It may be the City of Angels, but LA traffic is anything but heavenly. A new report named Los Angeles the most congested city in the world and not for the first time. In fact, LA has regularly made the top five for years now. The ranking is a surprise to no one who has ever tried to drive anywhere in the sprawling metropolis.

The study is an annual report released by INRIX called the Global Traffic Scorecard. INRIX is a company devoted to aggregating huge amounts traffic and driving data. The traffic data is useful to illustrate how much cities are growing and how they are handling that growth. The report is full of interesting tidbits. For instance; at 3.4 miles per hour, Dublin is the slowest city during congestion.

INRIX found that while the United State was fourth in over all traffic, the top ten most congested cities were largely American. Los Angeles, of course, tops the list. LA commuters spend and average of 104 hours a year staring at the bumper in front of them, a little over four full 24 hour days each year. Followed by New York in third place and San Francisco in fourth. Atlanta was eighth and Miami rounded up the list in the number 10 spot. Americans on a whole spend 42 hours a year in traffic. Cities outside the US that have legendary backups include Moscow at number two and the Columbian capitol of Bogotá at number five. Thailand was found to be the most congested country overall. Thais spend an average of 61 hours a year sitting in traffic.

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