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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Traffic is Taking Your Time

    How many hours do you spend sitting in traffic? According to a new, nationwide traffic study, Angelenos on average spent 80 hours in traffic last year, and the city claimed the number one worst stretch of freeway in the country: the southbound 101 from Woodland Hills to downtown.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    How many hours do you spend sitting in traffic? According to a new, nationwide traffic study, Angelenos on average spent 80 hours in traffic last year, and the city claimed the number one worst stretch of freeway in the country: the southbound 101 from Woodland Hills to downtown.

    The full episode

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    LAPD Reform Today, Terrible Traffic, and Remembering Katrina
    1. 0:00Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
    2. 16:35Web Roundup: Autoplaying Traumatic Videos
    3. 26:45Despite the Drought, California Sees Record Farm Revenues
    4. 33:21Traffic is Taking Your Time You’re reading this
    5. 41:56Katrina Refugees in L.A.
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Jim Bak

      analyst at INRIX, the traffic data company that co-authored the new report.

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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    LAPD Reform Today, Terrible Traffic, and Remembering Katrina
    1. 0:00Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
    2. 16:35Web Roundup: Autoplaying Traumatic Videos
    3. 26:45Despite the Drought, California Sees Record Farm Revenues
    4. 33:21Traffic is Taking Your Time You’re reading this
    5. 41:56Katrina Refugees in L.A.
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