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Originally Posted by brickell
As bad as it is or isn't in Austin, I still don't get how it can be worse than NYC. What's the metric for ranking these?
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Good question. I haven't been in NYC since 1989, so I don't know how it is. But getting in and out of downtown Austin can make your blood boil when you sit seemingly forever and don't move due to gridlock. Cycling is definitely a good way to get around if you don't mind risking your life.
So this afternoon it was only 2:15 p.m. and the freeway on the west side (Mopac/Loop 1) was already stop and go through the area north of the river. Coming back at 3:30 p.m., it was total gridlock along the same route. It gets noticeably worse each year.