11/17/99 - Top 20 Congested American Cities
Published Wednesday, November 17, 1999, in the San Jose Mercury News

MOST CONGESTED

Here are the Top 20 congested cities in the nation, according to a study released Tuesday by the Texas Transportation Institute:

  1. Los Angeles
  2. Seattle-Everett, Wash.
  3. San Francisco- Oakland
  4. Washington, D.C.- Maryland-Virginia
  5. Chicago
  6. Atlanta
  7. Miami-Hialeah
  8. Boston
  9. Detroit
  10. Las Vegas
  11. San Diego
  12. Houston
  13. New York- New Jersey
  14. Portland, Ore.- Vancouver, Wash.
  15. San Jose
  16. Denver
  17. Phoenix
  18. San Bernardino- Riverside
  19. Minneapolis- St. Paul
  20. Tacoma, Wash.

Source: Texas Transportation Institute