America has the worst traffic in the world
Average commuter wastes almost 50 hours per year, some cities much worse.
Gas prices are cheap. The unemployment rate is low. The population is
growing. Fueled by those factors, Americans drove more than three
trillion miles last year, according to the Federal Highway Administration, the most since the start of the Great Recession.
But the increased economic activity comes with a downside – more motorists are stuck in traffic.
Congestion is a growing problem in most major US cities, according to Inrix,
a leading provider of real-time and predictive traffic data. The
Seattle-based company released its annual traffic scorecard Tuesday, and
found commuters in America waste more time stuck in traffic than
anywhere else in the world. The average American commuter loses an
average of nearly 50 hours a year atrophying in traffic, according to
Inrix.
Depending on where you live, that number can vary greatly. Los Angeles
commuters faced the worst conditions in the country, frittering away 81
hours per year in traffic. Washington D.C. and San Francisco drivers
were next, losing an average of 75 hours.
Rounding out the American top 10: Houston (74 hours), New York (73
hours), Seattle (66 hours), Boston (64 hours), Chicago (60 hours),
Atlanta (59 hours) and Honolulu (49 hours). Worldwide, Londoners
faced the worst traffic, wasting 101 hours per year idling in their
cars. But American cities claimed the next five spots. Overall, US
commuters wasted 8 billion hours in traffic, according to Inrix.
(AutoBlog.com)
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