Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018

Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018 Survey Driving is the worst in this American city in 2018 Research has found that adding 20 minutes to your commute is like getting a 19% pay cut, but driving in certain cities definitely won’t 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 2018Here’s 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 (total score: 42.03)95) Boston, MA (total score: 42.59)94) New York, NY (tot al score: 43.28)93) Newark, NJ (total score: 43.29)92) 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 it’s 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)Here’s how the cities compare to each otherWalletHub’s infographic  makes 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 s elf-driving cars, and rapid strides have been made, it’s 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 ‘driver’s license’ is that their parents said they used to be so concerned with.”

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