Ocean Parkway, the end of the Prospect Expressway, by JGNY.
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A new study new study by INIRIX released this week shows that New York City has the most congested highways of any city except Los Angeles, and it’s on its way to surpassing that city as the nation’s gridlock capital.
The Cross Bronx Expressway has a stretch that is the worst in the U.S. for congestion, but several other areas are almost as nasty--which anyone who's spent any time in a car lately knows all to well. One spot that was singled out is the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound between Northern Boulevard and the Prospect Expressway. With construction and congestion, heading home from the BQE can be a real nightmare (but really, it can be just as bad heading out, too, when traffic sometimes backs up all the way to Ocean Parkway).
So what's the solution? Don't drive, says the DOT:
The state Department of Transportation said building or widening roads is not the answer to the traffic problems, explaining there's just no room. But a spokesman said DOT is working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other providers to make it more convenient for people to leave their cars behind and use mass transit.
I guess by "more convenient" they mean raising fares and decreasing service on subways and buses?
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