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Seattle route makes inglorious top 10 list
With the help of traffic-tracking firm INRIX, online magazine The Daily Beast has ranked the U.S. cities with the worst rush-hour congestion. The top ten worst commutes are:
1. Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles
2. Lunalilo Freeway (H-1), Honolulu
3. Capital Beltway, Washington, DC
4. I-35, Austin
5. James Lick Freeway (US 101), San Francisco
6. Cross Bronx Expressway, New York City
7. I-5, Seattle
8. I-95, Bridgeport, CT
9. Kennedy Expressway, Chicago
10. Airport Expressway (State Road 112), Miami
The order is based on the peak hour Travel Time Index, a measure of how much longer it takes to complete a road journey during peak congestion hours compared with free-flow hours, plus the most hours of bottleneck congestion.
--NWautos staff
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Smart car leases available for first time
Smart USA has launched of its first national lease program through Daimler Financial Services. The new lease program is available for all new smart models and will be offered in increments of 24, 36 and 48 months. Qualified customers can lease a 2009 smart fortwo pure coupe (right) starting at $169 a month.
--NWautos staff
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