The average US motorist spends nearly 2 full days a year in traffic jams

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The average U.S. motorist spends 46 hours each year or nearly two full days stuck in rush-hour traffic jams.



An annual report on Tuesday by the transportation institute at Texas A&M University found Los Angeles to be the worst U.S. city for congestion, based on 2002 federal and state highway data.


The average motorist spent 93 hours sitting in peak-hour traffic in Los Angeles compared with, 67 hours in Washington and 50 hours in New York City.


Traffic delays have more than doubled since the early 1980s as more vehicles have packed an aging highway system in large and fast-growing metropolitan areas.

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