TORONTO - It's a top-20 list few provinces would want to be on.
The Canadian Automobile Association has released a report that ranks four stretches of British Columbia roadway -- all in Vancouver -- among the worst traffic bottlenecks in the country.
They include sections of Granville and West Georgia streets, as well as the George Massey Tunnel, which connects Richmond and Delta below the Fraser River.
Toronto dominates the rankings, taking up half of the 20 top spots, followed by Montreal, which clinched five.
The CAA report says the top 20 were found in just four cities -- Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Quebec City.
1. Toronto, Highway 401 between Highway 427 and Yonge Street
2. Toronto, Don Valley Parkway/Highway 404 between Don Mills Road and Finch Avenue
3. Montreal, Highway 40 between Boulevard Pie-IX and Highway 520
4. Toronto, Gardiner Expressway between South Kingsway and Bay Street
5. Montreal, Highway 15 between Highway 40 and Chemin de la Cote-Saint-Luc
6. Toronto, Highway 401 between Bayview Avenue and Don Mills Road
7. Toronto, Highway 409 between Highway 401 and Kipling Avenue
8. Montreal, Highway 25 between Avenue Souligny and Rue Beaubien
9. Vancouver, Granville Street at SW Marine Drive
10. Vancouver, W Georgia Street between Seymour Street and W Pender Street
11. Toronto, Highway 401 between Don Valley Parkway and Victoria Park Avenue
12. Toronto, Black Creek Drive between Weston Road and Trethewey Drive
13. Toronto, Highway 401 between Mavis Road and McLaughlin Road
14. Montreal, Highway 40 between Highway 520 and Boulevard Cavendish
15. Vancouver, Granville Street between W Broadway Street and W 16th Avenue
16. Montreal, Highway 20 near 1re Avenue
17. Quebec City, Highway 73 between Chemin des Quatre Bourgeois and exit to Avenue Dalquier
18. Toronto, Highway 401 interchange at Highway 427
19. Toronto, Highway 400 at Highway 401
20. Richmond, B.C., George Massey Tunnel on Highway 99
The study also identified the worst bottlenecks, ranked by hours of delay, in Canada and the U.S. Here are the top 10:
1. Chicago, I90 between Roosevelt Road and N Nagle Avenue
2. Los Angeles, I405 between SR22 and I605
3. Los Angeles, I10 between Santa Fe Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard
4. Los Angeles, I405 between Venice Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard
5. Los Angeles, US101 between Franklin Avenue and Glendale Boulevard
6. Los Angeles, I110 between Exposition Boulevard and Stadium Way
7. Los Angeles, US101 between Sepulveda Boulevard and Laurel Canyon Boulevard
8. New York and Union City, Lincoln Tunnel between 10th Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard
9. Toronto, Highway 401 between Highway 427 and Yonge Street
10. New York, I95 between I895 and Broadway
SOURCE: Grinding to a Halt: Evaluating Canada's Worst Bottlenecks
For Canadian cities, the study used Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) data for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto (including the Hamilton and Oshawa CMAs), Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax.
