Chicago Traffic Nation's Third Worst

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jun 18, 2008 7:52PM

Chicago has the third worst traffic in the country, according to a new study. Only LA and New York out-congest us. Bee-beeep!

The report says that our local roadways were 2.1 percent more congested in 2006 than in 2007, the most traffic-heavy rush hour to travel in Chicago is Friday from 5-6pm, and the lightest rush hour is Friday from 9–10am. Chicago-area bottlenecks account for 21 of the top-100 worst jams in America, with the Mannheim Road exit on the Eisenhower the area's worst and the nation's ninth-crappiest.

Our "travel time index," the ratio of how long a trip takes with traffic to how long it would take without, is 1.23; LA's is 1.45 and New York's is 1.29. [Full report, photo by coollead]