Nightly News   |  May 22, 2012

Which city has the worst traffic?

According to new data from the U.S. Traffic Scorecard, congestion was down 30 percent last year due to high gas prices. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> it's always rush hour somewhere, and you're looking at it in a number of places across our country tonight as we have news about traffic jams as we look live at a number of cities. turns out traffic jams weren't all that bad last year. new data from the u.s. traffic scorecard, congestion dropped 30% last year. cities with the worst traffic remain honolulu followed by l.a., san francisco and new york. the reason for the traffic break won't strike everyone as positive, of course. high gas prices and the stop and go economic recovery were cited in this study.