New York City ranked the nation's worst traffic

In what must be shocking news, a new survey finds that New York City has the worst traffic in the nation. FOX 5 NY's Linda Schmidt breaks down just how much time we spend in gridlock.
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[@EM-yc5il]

Can’t forget when they took a lane off the busiest part of the BQE 2 years ago....

[@josephwu3136]

THIS!!! Can this get top comment please?? The idiots that works for the city that made those changes should never have a job ever again. Effing idiots!

[@Jzak25]

Yup so traffic would be on BK side instead of Queens

[@Demopans5990]

BQE traffic is mainly due to all the trucks. Honestly, NYC needs a cargo rail line so the trucks are less of a thing. I-495 is just a giant gridlock of trucks trying to enter and leave. 60-80% of the space that trucks use up could fit far more cars

[@TheRailLeaguer]

@@Demopans5990Very true. One problem though: there is no direct rail connection between Long Island and the national rail network. That’s why there needs to be a cross harbor rail tunnel linking Brooklyn to New Jersey to make this work

[@RomeAlone_s63]

Because people are lost in another world when they’re driving in Nyc. Certain people just don’t know how to drive. That’s why I don’t even drive into the city no more

[@josephwu3136]

Lived in nyc my whole life, tell me something I don’t know

[@Theworldsboro]

This is why I stopped driving to Dumbo. I take the subway now and only drive weekend mornings/early afternoons

[@matthewlws86]

40 mins for 15 blocks. Sheash try an hour to get 3 blocks to the Lincoln tunnel

[@LanceVance81]

NYC traffic will make you appreciate traffic anywhere else. Too many scrubs behind the wheel

[@cliffpadilla5871]

Get rid of the bike lanes.

[@durece100]

No. Get rid of cars because increasing noise pollution, and Co2 causes environmental impact.

[@Saru-yr3qk]

@@durece100 Privileged sheltered liberal take.

[@durece100]

@@Saru-yr3qk What?

[@Demopans5990]

Drive a smaller car

[@TheRailLeaguer]

@@durece100More like car-brained delusional thinking

[@louielouie22]

More like Westchester county. I'm sorry I love my old people but my god, they are clogging the streets by the hundreds of thousands every single day. Forget the term rush hour, it's clogged all the time. Full of obsessive shoppers leaving less road for the working people to get anything done in a timely manner. GO HOME!

[@BJMediaTransit8516]

That part of 2nd Avenue is near where I live and yes the traffic there is always HEAVY!

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

And I thought LA had the worst in the country, I've been living in LA my whole life. Guess I was wrong. 😭 😅

[@rondadonjuan4102]

Shit b taking two hours just to get from one side of the Bronx to the other and the Bronx small as fuck

[@HABIBI_SOUR]

Thanks to the DOT and who ever come up with the bike lane bus lane and making street narrow and the congestion price fire the one who doing this stuff 8th ave is not to have a bike lane

[@TheRailLeaguer]

That’s not what’s causing congestion.

[@MSNJETCRAFT]

prince harry´s high speed chase in new york "fast and furious" surviver!

[@mlong9475]

Bike lanes has made it worse. I mean streets are narrow as it is. Do we really need to make it smaller?

[@mlong9475]

Why I hate having to drive in NYC and try to avoid it at all costs !

[@mlong9475]

Probably right next to LA on the list.

[@KeemieKEZ]

What I hear is that the bureaucrats are changing the city streets, which is making things worse. It’s the ppl in charge, not the traffic.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

That’s not true.

[@dominicperez3777]

Well it can't be worse than Manila? Can it?

[@KB-si5fx]

In other news: the sky is blue. 🔵

[@zo62]

Use the subway

[@adrianneedwards6179]

Haters gonna hate.

[@TestTheSpiritsIfTheyAreOfYAH]

They need small TuTu’s vehicles in large cities that’s it like India has.

[@jimbo1637]

Cars make zero sense in the city. They're loud, dangerous, and take up too much space. Congestion pricing can not come soon enough!

[@josephwu3136]

Cars hasn’t been loud in decades snowflake

[@jimbo1637]

@@josephwu3136 have you ever even been to NYC? Go for a walk in midtown Manhattan and then tell me cars aren't loud.

[@Potassium-Feldspar]

Does an electric car make any sense? Surely they are loud as well 😂

[@jimbo1637]

@@Potassium-Feldspar EVs take up just a much space, and the fact that they're heavier means they're even more dangerous...

[@guaranteeme7737]

@@jimbo1637 Cars are not inherently loud or dangerous; your complaint is with the individual drivers not the vehicle. As far as taking up too much space - what do you think the streets were designed for ?

[@theoriginalwaterbaby]

Actually, the 4 hour backups going in & out of L A. are way worse. Even Florida has had increasing commuter traffic issues for several years now. True, though, about the removal of so many lanes for bikes & buses & those stupid rent-free cabanas that mostly now need to GO.

[@aqua2poweros699]

Hell no. The more bus and bike lanes the better. Especially on 2nd Avenue, buses need to run frequent there to pick up passengers at the stop.

[@SofaSpy]

in just one block of traffic, there will be be 25 cars with only 25 people inside. Single city bus can hold up 75-100 people, or train 1,600 people. The buses aren't the problem, nor the "rent free cabanas", it the single occupant cars that plow the streets that are the problem, but yet they blame everyone else but themselves. If more people carpooled, took the train, bus or biked to work there wont be that much traffic.

[@theoriginalwaterbaby]

Dudes. Never said buses are a problem. Been taking them all my life. So chill the fuck out. Bikes are cool too. As long as bikers use the roads following the same laws as the cars and buses. Which many do not, yet, consistently do. Any rational person will acknowledge, however, that NYC has a long way to go to get the balance right. These streets were designed for carriages, carts and cars, originally. Trolleys, buses and trucks came along later and were worked into the mix. This took time. It's the combined effect of everything vying for the same space that was not originally designed for all those elements that is rhe current problem. Cabanas and pedestrian plazas are just the latest phenomenon. The kinks have NOT been fully worked out yet. Cabanas are cute but they harbor rats and trash in addition to taking up space that used to allow a person to be dropped off, or a delivery to pull up in front of the target doorway, or a pedestrian to cross with their shopping or laundry. Human beings with canes, walkers, and carts are significantly impeded in places. There are possible solutions, such as making sure the cabanas aren't too close to each other, building cabana floors with removable sections so that the street underneath can be regularly cleaned, enforcing traffic laws for bikers, and rethinking traffic patterns in general with EVERYONE in mind, including pedestrians, small business owners, visitors, vendors, commuters, residents and tourists. Evey metropolis has its traffic issues to be solved. L A. has a serious "one road in, one road out" between mountains issue, where cars get backed up for 4 hours every time anything happens. Florida is now experiencing a population and economic boom. In many areas,, existing roads and transportation habits that worked fine in other times will need to be transformed to their next best thing. Instead of simply repeating - regurgitating +- the mainstream propaganda whine, try doing a little research on all the options out there. Be a bit more curious about the history of your own city. Put your ideas into context and your comments will be more original and will also have greater value.

[@Demopans5990]

@SofaSpy Fun fact: if the Empire state building has to provide parking to all of it's occupants by itself, 80 of it's 100 or so floors has to be dedicated to parking

[@TheRailLeaguer]

@@theoriginalwaterbabyA better suggestion is to convert more car space into even better busway and bikeways, similar to international standards. Many of the roadways would see car traffic reduced to just one moving lane in each specific direction with parking on both sides. The side streets in Lower Manhattan would all be closed to vehicular traffic and converted to a permanent pedestrian plaza, with cars still allowed on the other streets like Water Street, Broadway, etc. These street closures can create more room for outdoor dinings without the need for restaurant sheds.

[@amandad6104]

And I thought LA was bad

[@DavidPerez-oj2dv]

COME TO SOUTH FLORIDA ITS WORST

[@DavidPerez-oj2dv]

IT'S RUSH OUR 7 DAYS A WEEK HERE

[@pr0phet]

Get rid of Uber and Lyft.

[@hueyfreeman8421]

😂 IT IS WHAT IT IS 😮‍💨

[@bornxwood213]

Not surprised at all

[@cm37177]

ridiculous 😮

[@EventualRoads]

Yes, me too ❤

[@dantespeak138]

Wait until the flying cars begin.

[@slapshot68]

Dick Van Dyke gave us a small preview of our future in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@C.P.C3719]

🤣

[@aqua2poweros699]

At this point. We actually need congestion pricing.

[@annag1303]

making people to want to commute by bicycles like in Amsterdam is the solution of the truffic congestion , but NYC bike paths are not safe so no one wants to ride.

[@TheRailLeaguer]

Exactly, and expanded mass transit too. Perhaps NYC should be taking notes from international expertise, like the Netherlands.

[@xavilopez4716]

It’s so bad even in the outer boroughs like the Bronx is like driving in Manhattan not even in the weekends traffic its low. Best times is in the mornings in weekends but after 11am it’s hectic .