You Guessed It Los Angeles Has America S Worst Traffic

This may not make the Californians stuck in constant traffic feel any better, but at least their agony is official: According to the annual rankings of terrible traffic by nav company Tom Tom, Los Angeles has the worst traffic in the country. San Francisco comes in second. The crazy congestion of New York isn’t enough to pull it into the top three—it’s Honolulu, HI, that takes the bronze for going nowhere fast. Hey, you might as well have the same word for “goodbye” and “hello” if you’re not moving.Road rage sufferers in the City of Angels can at least take solace in knowing that L.A. isn’t the worst driving city on the planet. That’s Istanbul, which sounds about right, followed by Mexico City, Rio de Janiero, and Moscow.Take the 405 over to Tom Tom’s site to click through its data set, sort by nation, and see where your city falls on the municipal motoring misery index.The 10 worst cities for traffic in the U.S.:1. Los Angeles2. San Francisco 3. Honolulu 4. New York 5. Seattle 6. San Jose 7. Miami 8. Chicago 9. Washington10. PortlandThe 10 worst cities for traffic in the world:1. Istanbul, Turkey 2. Moscow 3. Saint Petersburg, Russia 4. Mexico City5. Chongqing, China 6. Recife, Brazil 7. Bucharest, Romania 8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9. Shenzhen, China 10. Los AngelesSource: Tom Tom via USA TodayAndrew MosemanSite DirectorAndrew’s from Nebraska. His work has also appeared in Discover, The Awl, Scientific American, Mental Floss, Playboy, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn with two cats and a snake.