HONOLULU (KHON2) — New York and San Francisco. Two of the busiest cities in the world, and the only two cities with traffic worse than Honolulu.
According to a recent study done by TomTom Traffic Index, Honolulu ranks third in the country for the worst traffic.
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This includes an average travel speed of just 17.8 miles per hour, an average travel distance of just 4.4 miles in 15 minutes, and an estimated 88 hours spent sitting in traffic per year for Honolulu drivers.
“I live like five minutes away from where I work, and sometimes I have to leave 30 minutes early just to make sure that I get to work on time,” said Kristen Chapman, a Honolulu resident and employee at Lava Wellness…