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The traffic map above shows real-time traffic flow for the metro Minneapolis
and St. Paul area... use the elevation controls on the left-hand side of map to zoom in/out,
or click and drag map to pan area.Metro Minneapolis is one of the most heavily
congested regions for automobile traffic in the nation, as is shown consistently
in various national transportation studies.
According to a transportation study by
INRIX Inc. (a high tech
telematics transportation company) metro Minneapolis ranked #10 out of the top 10 worst traffic congested cities in the USA... the INRIX
study also determined the peak weekly traffic period to be on Thursday afternoons between the hours of
5pm - 6pm. According to another traffic study by the
Texas Transportation Institute, the TTI ranked metro Minneapolis #17 out of the top
20 most congested cities as measured by the number of hours commuters endured in extra
travel time during rush hour traffic... the TTI determined metro Minneapolis
residents waste approx. an extra 53 hours per year traveling in local rush-hour
traffic.
In a recent Road Rage survey commissioned by
AutoVantage, the survey
found that Minneapolis/St. Paul road rage is the 5th worst in the US as compared
amongst a total of 25 major US cities. |
