<p>I even waited till 7pm to try and get over to Seattle from my job on the Eastside yesterday, I cut through Medina and got off at Montlake, but it took me about an hour to go 14 miles.
( I hate stop and go traffic- I just think of all that gas being wasted- they need a bike lane on the 520 bridge)</p>
<p>S got a rental car for 3 months just to be in area #9. Since the rental is subsidized by his employer, he figures that he will try to better your area to #7. He calls it “gratuitous driving”.</p>
<p>Hm, I think a list of which cities make it possible to choose to avoid traffic congestion would be a lot more informative.</p>
<p>New York, Chicago, Boston, and DC may be high on the list, but the many residents of those cities who rely on the trains to get around are pretty untroubled by the ranking. I’d be much, much more worried about traffic congestion if I were moving to Houston or Atlanta vs. #2 New York.</p>
<p>In DC, it is very frightening at 5:30 am, the roads are already slowing down. What helps DC is the Slug line/HOV. You can expect to move @20 miles/hr. Even though there are trains, don’t make the assumption that many residents take mass transit…most residents live further out than you think. This is also true for NY. When the towers fell in 01, the largest amount of fatalities came from NJ and CT, the least amt came from NY…just too expensive to live there!</p>
<p>Whoopee. I’m up on that list, too, and Staten Island has the worst average commute in the five boroughs. I hate commuting. Have I mentioned that I hate commuting? Yeah. Not really fond.</p>
When I try that I get stuck at the 4 way stop on 84th just before the entrance ramp. Everyone turning right keeps the lane full so you can never get across. I’m afraid all those millions you guys are spending for mass transit aren’t really going to help. Don’t see any light rail going across the lake to take the Microsofties back to their hipster homes…</p>
<p>I’ve driven in LA, Atlanta, Boston, New York, etc. But I find DC to be THE WORST. Traffic is bad in all the aforementioned, but it’s not a disaster unless there’s been an accident or breakdown. In DC the traffic is horrid even if NOTHING is out of the ordinary.</p>
<p>EK4 - Fourteen miles in an hour? Pretty racy I’d say. Try the Cross Bronx or Van Wyck (both in NYC) if you want to see what “crawling along” is really like!</p>
<p>I’ve lived in/near New York, LA, San Francisco, and DC; LA was the most frustrating for me because you could SEE so far: SO may lanes, just sitting there! You SO want to just get out and leave your car. I agree, New York and San Francisco have good public transportation, and even though it’s not always pleasant ( I think San Francisco is much more pleasant than New York) , it really works.</p>
<p>ek, yeah, my D lives on CapHill. It’s a different universe than the Seattle I grew up in. “Colorful” was our first adjective…bikes are her answer.
Down here in one of the other top 10 cities, the answer would be to just move closer to your job. Except we’re 3 miles from mine and 30 from hubby’s. Son has decided it’s a war - just bought a road bike and rides to light rail in the morning, loads bike onto train (they must think he’s odd - bikes in Texas?..) rides the 1/2 mile to work, then rides the trail home unless it’s over 100. He’s leaner than hs fitness. Maybe I should be doing the same thing…I just look so bad in spandex and helmet hair.</p>
