Big cities with worst traffic congestion
The average commuter in a city with more than 3 million people spent an extra 52 hours delayed in traffic and wasted an extra 24 gallons of gas in 2011, according to an urban mobility study from Texas A&M. Find out which cities have the worst congestion.
The average commuter in a city with more than 3 million people spent an extra 52 hours delayed in traffic and wasted an extra 24 gallons of gas in 2011, according to an urban mobility study from Texas A&M. Find out which cities have the worst congestion.
The average commuter in a city with more than 3 million people spent an extra 52 hours delayed in traffic and wasted an extra 24 gallons of gas in 2011, according to an urban mobility study from Texas A&M. Find out which cities have the worst congestion.
9 (tie). Seattle: 48 hours delayed in traffic; 22 extra gallons of gas used
9 (tie). Philadelphia: 48 hours delayed in traffic; 23 extra gallons of gas used
7 (tie). Chicago: 51 hours delayed in traffic; 24 extra gallons of gas used
7 (tie). Atlanta: 51 hours delayed in traffic; 23 extra gallons of gas used
6. Houston: 52 hours delayed in traffic; 23 extra gallons of gas used
5. Boston: 53 hours delayed in traffic; 26 extra gallons of gas used
4. New York: 59 hours delayed in traffic; 28 extra gallons of gas used
2 (tie). San Francisco: 61 hours delayed in traffic; 25 extra gallons of gas used
2 (tie). Los Angeles.: 61 hours delayed in traffic; 27 extra gallons of gas used
1. Washington, D.C.: 67 hours delayed in traffic; 32 extra gallons of gas used
Read the full report at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s website.
