Traffic crawls along the 405 Freeway near the 22 and 605 freeways in Seal Beach. (Credit: Cheryl A. Guerrero / Los Angeles Times)

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Yet again, Southern California has reclaimed the dubious distinction of having the worst traffic in the United States.

Drivers in the greater Los Angeles metro area spent 81 hours idling in traffic last year, the most of any U.S. city according to a new study from the data company Inrix.

In San Francisco and Washington, the second-worst places to commute by car, drivers wasted about five hours less than in Los Angeles. (Spending 76 hours in traffic is actually an improvement for the average D.C. driver, who spent 82 hours idling behind the wheel in 2014.)

Although it’s little comfort for those stuck behind the wheel, researchers say heavier traffic is often a sign of a healthy economy.

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