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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by SippinLean on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @11:05AM (#13821126)
Measurably false, LA has the worst traffic in the world.

>The average [LA] driver wasted 104 hours sitting in gridlock.... New York motorists spent 89 hours on average...San Francisco...83 hours on average in 2016.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/02/20/los-angeles-n...

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by MSM on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @12:34PM (#13821810)
Not sure this is measuring the same thing.

For example, if I moved to NYC I wouldn't even bother buying a car because the traffic is so bad. I'd spend 0 hours in gridlock per year, but the traffic is still terrible.

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by SippinLean on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @03:11PM (#13823329)
Not if you're driving over a bridge during rush hour. There's plenty of gridlock in NYC. It's on this list.

Owning a car in NYC is mostly prohibited by cost (including parking), vs taking the subway

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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by zymhan on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @11:39AM (#13821369)
You then proceed to list only US cities to back up your claim, disregading GP's point that other countries have much, much worse traffic in their biggest cities.
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Re:To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls by SippinLean on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @11:42AM (#13821389)
>in the world

The article mentions Moscow as the second-worst city for traffic

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