Thankfully Baker has gone and won't return. His contribution to the A27 overcrowding between Lewes and Polegate was to have a couple of signs put up saying "Eastbourne to Lewes 20 minutes by train". Which is grand if you want to go from somewhere near the station to somewhere else near the other...
Anecdotal I know but I've been held up through Arundel more than through Worthing. I would have said the Chichester "bypass" is by far the worst place for holdups though (I, too, tend to drive through the city instead these days)