Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018
Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018Research has found that adding 20 minutes to your commute is like getting a 19% pay cut, but driving in certain cities definitely wont make the experience any easier.New data from WalletHub shows that the worst city for driving is Detroit.WalletHub analyzed the 100 American cities with the most people in terms of access to vehicles maintenance, traffic infrastructure, cost of ownership maintenance and safety.They then looked at them further in terms of 29 factors before eventually giving each city total score out of 100. The company used information from the U.S. Census Bureau, among many other sources.The 10 worst cities for driving in 2018Heres the breakdown - starting with the bottom of the list.100) Detroit, MI (total score 35.13)99) San Francisco, CA (total score 36.05)98) Oakland, CA (total score 38.44)97) Philadelphia, PA (total score 41.29)96) Seattle, WA (tot al score 42.03)95) Boston, MA (total score 42.59)94) New York, NY (total score 43.28)93) Newark, NJ (total score 43.29)92) also los Angeles, CA (total score 44.41)91) Chicago, IL (total score 44.49)The 10 best cities for driving this yearIn these areas, driving is supposedly as good as its going to get.1) Raleigh, NC (total score 68.40)2) Corpus Christi, TX (total score 68.26)3) Orlando, FL (total score 67.35)4) Greensboro, NC (total score 66.31)5) Plano, TX (total score 64.71)6) Winston-Salem, NC (total score 64.70)7) Durham, NC (total score 64.50)8) El Paso, TX (total score 64.34)9) Jacksonville, FL (total score 63.87)10) Tampa, FL (total score 63.67)Heres how the cities compare to each otherWalletHubs infographicmakes these cities strengths and weaknesses crystal clear.What driving could be like in the futureJoel Ohman, founder of CarInsuranceComparison.com, author, entrepreneur and financial planner, told WalletHub about how long it could take for self-driving cars to take over. While there is much excitement about self-driving cars, and rapid strides have been made, its becoming more and more apparent that going from semi-autonomous to fully autonomous is orders of magnitude more difficult than the progress we have made to date, he said. And yet, babies being born today will likely find themselves, at age 16, wondering what this thing called a drivers license is that their parents said they used to be so concerned with.
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