The good folks at Good magazine have created a great visual aid for describing our overcrowded roads, and it will hit home for anyone who has ever sat on the Baltimore Beltway (who hasn't?). The chart lists annual per-person traffic delays in major cities -- from 11 hours in Buffalo to 72 hours in L.A. -- and notes what else you could be doing.

In Baltimore (44 hours delay per person), for example, you could take in about two-thirds of the 65-hour War and Peace audiobook, listen to the entire Ring trilogy three times, or watch the Lord of the Rings film trilogy five times.

Or eat 2,640 Goo Goo Clusters. Any other ideas?