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Sacramento is in top 100 cities for slowest commute According to a new world-wide study, Sacramento is in the top 100 city’s with the slowest commute times. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT COMMUTERS, ACCORD TO COMMUTER, MIKE? >> The Reporter: IF YOU'RE ABOUT READY TO WALK OUT THE DOOR AND HIT THE ROAD, YOU'RE STILL OK, BECAUSE THE SPOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO GET BUSY, IS IN JUST ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO. WE ARE RIGHT ALONG I-80, BETWEEN SIERRA COLLEGE AND DOUGLAS BOULEVARD AND THIS SPOT RIGHT HERE, WHERE THE TAILLIGHTS ARE GOING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS THE SINGLEMOST CONGESTED FREEWAY STRETCH IN THE ENTIRE SACRAMENTO AREA. FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. HERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS THAT THIS STRETCH FOR THE MORNING COMMUTERS IS ACTUALLY THE WORST ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 8:00 A.M. THAT IS THE PEAK TIME OF CONGESTION FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. SO THOSE OF YOU OUT IN THE ROSEVILLE, ROCK LAND AREA, GORDON, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE WORST COMMUTE, YOU PROBABLY DO. HERE'S SOME OF THE WORST SPOTS FOR THE EVENING, THEY INCLUDE I- I-8 80 FROM EL CAMINO. BACK OUT HERE LIVE BY THE WAY, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOR THOSE WHO DO STRUGGLE THROUGH THIS SPOT ON I-80 AT DOUGLAS IN THE MORNING, YOU ALSO GET IT ON THE WORST END COMING BACK, ON THE EVENING COMMUTE. THAT'S BECAUSE BUSINESS 80 FROM P STREET OUT TO FULTON COMING THIS DIRECTION, IS THE WORST FOR EVENING COMMUTE AND SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY, THURSDAY AT 5:00 P.M. BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU'RE ON I-80 GOING IN IN THE MORNING AND COMING OUT IN THE EVENING ON THURSDAYS, YOU GOT IT THE WORST OF THE ENTIRE WEEK.