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Confirmed by Study: NYC Roads Are Really Congested
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 25, 2009
Modified Feb 25, 2009
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Inrix, a company which provides real-time traffic information, released its latest National Traffic Scorecard and NYC is the second most congested city in the country, after Los Angeles. However, we do take top honors for having the most congested roadway—a westbound stretch of the Cross Bronx Expressway/I-95 leading up to and including the Bronx River Parkway exit 4B interchange. The NYC area actually has six of the worst bottlenecks—the others are Cross Bronx Expy WB @ I-895/Sheridan Expy, Cross Bronx Expy WB @ White Plains Rd, Harlem River Dr SB @ 3rd Ave, Van Wyck Expy NB @ Liberty Ave, and Harlem River Dr SB @ 2nd Ave/125th St. Check out the other horrible bottlenecks in NYC here and NY1 interviewed drivers on the Cross Bronx—one said, "It's difficult every single day. It needs at least another level."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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