![]() (124 hours, $1,761 lost) rounded out the Top 5. Chicago (145 hours, $2,059 lost), Philadelphia (142 hours, $2,016 lost), New York City (140 hours, $1,988 lost) and Washington D.C. ![]() with the average commuter in the metro area losing 149 hours per year to congestion, costing $2,205 per driver in time lost. For the second consecutive year, Boston ranked as the most congested city in the U.S. In the U.S., the 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard analyzed congestion and its severity of it in the top 66 urban areas. From 2017 to 2019 the average time lost by American drivers has increased by two hours as economic and urban growth continue nationally. The report found that on average, Americans lost 99 hours a year due to congestion, costing them nearly $88 billion in 2019, an average of $1,377 per year. KIRKLAND, Wash., – Ma– INRIX, Inc., a world leader in transportation analytics and connected car services, today published the 2019 Global Traffic Scorecard that identified and ranked congestion and mobility trends in more than 900 cities, across 43 countries. Congestion delays have decreased in four of the five most congested cities in the U.S., led by Washington D.C.’s 11 percent reduction.and San Francisco have the three slowest last mile speeds of 10 MPH in the U.S., meaning it is faster to bike than drive or taking the bus Los Angeles holds the two worst corridors in the U.S., where drivers on the US-101 and I-5 waste 80 and 76 hours per year at peak hours in congestion, respectively.Bogota, Columbia topped the list of most congested cities in the world, with drivers losing 191 hours a year.for the second consecutive year, followed by Chicago (145 hours), Philadelphia (142 hours), New York City (140 hours) and Washington D.C. Boston (149 hours lost due to congestion, which equates to more than six days) ranked as the most congested city in the U.S.Inrix says the company uses anonymous data from smart phones and GPS devices in cars, trucks and other vehicles, as well as data from other sources, to measure the congestion status of every segment of road for every minute of the day. In Miami, the amount of time drivers lost to congestion last year soared 30 percent from 2019 levels, while Chicago's time lost is 7 percent higher than in 2019. cities in the top 20 where congestion is worse than it was before the pandemic. Interestingly, Chicago and Miami are the only U.S. Paris ranked third, with drivers there losing an average of 138 hours to congestion. Globally, only London had worse congestion than Chicago in 2022, with drivers there wasting an average of 156 hours in traffic congestion for the year. cities with the most commuting time lost to congestion. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Houston and Atlanta rounded out the top 10 U.S. cities, wasting an average of 155 hours in commuting traffic last year, with an annual of cost per commuter of $2,618, followed by Boston (134 hours, $2,270), New York (117 hours, $1,976), Philadelphia (114 hours, $1,925) and Miami (105 hours, $1,773). "However, we have yet to fully rebound to pre-pandemic levels, and while we do anticipate a gradual increase over the coming years, we may see a small decline in 2023 should a global recession strongly take hold." Chicago drivers suffered the worst congestion among U.S. "We continued to see a rise in global vehicle-miles traveled, a return toward traditional morning and evening peak commutes, growth in public transportation use, and continued gains in downtown travel," Pishue added. ![]() "2022 was shaping up to be a year of re-emergence and a return to a new, post-pandemic behavioral norm, but that halted with the rise in oil prices, supply chain disruptions, and inflation," said Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX. The Inrix report said the lessening traffic congestion patterns resulted from higher gasoline prices and the shift to hybrid work, with many office workers continuing to telecommute and work remotely at least some of the time.
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