The cross bronx is so goddamn obnoxious. I don't think I've EVER driven there without hitting 40 minutes+ of bumper to bumper traffic.
The Hartford-NYC run can be pretty bad, however, its nowhere near consistantly bad as the CBE.
Last saturday, I hit SIX completely different traffic accidents during a Hartford to CT run. One the way back up yesterday, there was a car accident that had happened literally 5 minutes before I got there. It took up 3 lanes of a 4 lane highway. If I had gotten there 10 minutes after I did, I would have gotten home at 1am instead of 9pm
However, at least these clear up, the CBE is perpetually gridlocked.