--- description: Los Angelenos face some of the nation's worst gridlock according to a report by the American Highway Users Alliance. title: Thanksgiving: Here Are the Worst Holiday Traffic Bottlenecks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b9538b5e837f1be/698872b0e20a871367a8e630/gettyimages-459636952.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Think Your Holiday Commute Is Bad? These Places Have It Worse by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 3:01 AM CUT  Heavy holiday traffic on I-495 with snow and rain covering most of the east coast on Nov. 26, 2014 in Landover, MD Heavy holiday traffic on I-495 with snow and rain covering most of the east coast on Nov. 26, 2014 in Landover, MDThe Washington Post—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 25, 2015 3:01 AM CUT Californians dreaming of escaping traffic-clogged climes have good reason. Los Angelenos face some of the nation’s worst gridlock according to a report by the American Highway Users Alliance of the top 50 bottlenecks. Nine of the nation’s top 20 bottlenecks are in Los Angeles Road warriors in Chicago — which ranked number one with a 12 mile long clog on Interstate 90 — New York City, Boston, Seattle, Newark and Miami also have good reason to grouse, their cities ranked among the top 20 for bottlenecked traffic… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/think-your-holiday-commute-bad-these-places-have-it-worse-n468211?cid=par-time%5F20151125 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/"},"headline":"Think Your Holiday Commute Is Bad? These Places Have It Worse","datePublished":"2015-11-25T03:01:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:53:55.104Z","description":"Nine of the nation's top 20 bottlenecks are in Los Angeles","url":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/","keywords":["Transportation","Travel","Commute","Traffic","holiday","Thanksgiving"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b9538b5e837f1be/698872b0e20a871367a8e630/gettyimages-459636952.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b9538b5e837f1be/698872b0e20a871367a8e630/gettyimages-459636952.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Weather impacts Thanksgiving travel.","caption":"Weather impacts Thanksgiving travel.","creditText":"The Washington Post—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/","name":"Think Your Holiday Commute Is Bad? These Places Have It Worse"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How to Make a Braided Pie Topping","description":"It's different, it's beautiful, but most importantly it's easy. Roll your dough out so that it will easily go well past the edges of your pie. Cut 1/2 inch strips of dough–3 per braid, braid and top!","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PBJnpj0A/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-11-21T15:08:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PBJnpj0A.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/","duration":"PT44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4126736/thanksgiving-travel-traffic-holiday-commute/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```