Life On The Slow Lanes In The U.S.

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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.

1. Washington, D.C. – Virginia – Maryland

   82 hours, $1,834

2. Los Angeles – Long Beach – Anaheim

   80 hours, $1,711

3. San Francisco – Oakland

   78 hours, $1,675

4. New York – Newark, New Jersey – Connecticut

   74 hours, $1,739

5. San Jose, California

   67 hours, $1,422

6. Boston – New Hampshire – Rhode Island

   64 hours, $1,388

7. Seattle

   63 hours, $1,491

8. Chicago – Indiana

   61 hours, $1,445

9. Houston

   61 hours, $1,490

10. Riverside – San Bernardino, California

    59 hours, $1,316

11. Dallas – Fort Worth-Arlington

    53 hours, $1,185

12. Atlanta

    52 hours,$1,130

13. Detroit

    52 hours, $1,183

14. Miami

    52 hours, $1,169

15. Austin, Texas

    52 hours, $1,159

16. Portland, Oregon

    52 hours, $1,273

17. Phoenix – Mesa

    51 hours, $1,201

18. Honolulu

    50 hours, $1,125

19. Bridgeport – Stamford, Connecticut

    49 hours, $1,174

20. Denver – Aurora

    49 hours, $1,101

21. Oklahoma City

    49 hours, $1,110

22. Philadelphia

    48 hours, $1,112

23. Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    47 hours, $1,262

24. Tucson, Arizona

    47 hours, $1,128

25. Baltimore

    47 hours, $1,115

26. 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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