When it comes to traffic congestion around Washington, even the good news is bad, and it goes downhill from there. The city that so hungers to be No. 1 at something — usually on a gridiron or diamond-shaped field — has again risen to the top as the most congested metropolitan area in the United States, a place where the average driver burns 67 hours and 32 gallons of gas each year sitting in traffic.
Washington Rated The Worst For Traffic Congestion — Again
Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 10:01pm
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