Houston’s traffic isn’t bad enough to make AAA’s newest list of the nation’s worst traffic bottlenecks, according to this Chronicle story:
When it last came out in 2000, the list included the epic confluence of the Southwest Freeway and West Loop near the Galleria, which holds the unofficial title of Texas’ busiest interchange.
It is being rebuilt, with continuous frontage roads and redesigned connector ramps that will give some relief. But that’s not why it missed the cut.
“The only reason you weren’t on the list is that we had to cite something in Los Angeles that was a lot worse,” said AAA spokesman Montill Williams. Texas’ best candidate was bumped by the interchange of U.S. 101 (Ventura Freeway) and Interstate 405 in the San Fernando Valley north of downtown LA.
“That one is a monster,” Williams said. The evening rush lasts about five hours.
