98.8% of Los Angeles residents use an automobile for their daily commute. Now, read the BOLD sections of the following CNN report. And this is from 4 years ago. Report: More than ever, traffic jams waste timeLos Angeles tops list for drivers getting stuck fumingJune 20, 2002 Posted: 4:30 PM EDT (2030 GMT) A new study indicates that commuters in the United States are spending more time in traffic jams. COLLEGE STATION, Texas (CNN) not just commuters, but all drivers - wastes about 62 hours in traffic each year. That's not total travel time, that's just the extra time spent going slow or going nowhere because of traffic congestion. By several measures, the report found Los Angeles had the worst traffic. The report stated that the average Los Angeles rush-hour driver wasted 136 hours a year in slow or stopped traffic. The runner-up metro areas in this time-draining category: San Francisco, California; Washington; Seattle, Washington; Houston, Texas; San Jose, California; Dallas, Texas; New York; Atlanta, Georgia; and Miami, Florida. The report also measured cities according to a Travel Time Index , which looked at how much slower a particular...