Traffic congestion nationally reached a new peak last year and is greater than ever before, according to a report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and INRIX Inc. Their analysis is based on federal data on the number of cars on the road and on traffic speed data collected by INRIX on 1.3 million miles of urban streets and highways.
The following are urban areas ranked by the average annual extra hours commuters spend in their cars due to delay, together with the cost in lost time and fuel.
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Washington, D.C. – Virginia – Maryland
82 hours, $1,834
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Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim
80 hours, $1,711
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San Francisco – Oakland
78 hours, $1,675
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New York – Newark, New Jersey – Connecticut
74 hours, $1,739
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San Jose, California
67 hours, $1,422
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Boston – New Hampshire – Rhode Island
64 hours, $1,388
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Seattle
63 hours, $1,491
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Chicago – Indiana
61 hours, $1,445
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Houston
61 hours, $1,490
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Riverside – San Bernardino, California
59 hours, $1,316
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Dallas – Fort Worth-Arlington
53 hours, $1,185
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Atlanta
52 hours,$1,130
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Detroit
52 hours, $1,183
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Miami
52 hours, $1,169
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Austin, Texas
52 hours, $1,159
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Portland, Oregon
52 hours, $1,273
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Phoenix – Mesa
51 hours, $1,201
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Honolulu
50 hours, $1,125
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Bridgeport – Stamford, Connecticut
49 hours, $1,174
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Denver – Aurora
49 hours, $1,101
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Oklahoma City
49 hours, $1,110
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Philadelphia
48 hours, $1,112
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
47 hours, $1,262
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Tucson, Arizona
47 hours, $1,128
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Baltimore
47 hours, $1,115
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Minneapolis – St. Paul
47 hours, $1,035
Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute and INRIX Inc.
This feature originally appeared in FoxBusiness.
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