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A recent study by Statista gathered information from the the Texas A&M Transportation Institute to come up with the 10 worst US cities for commuters. Not shockingly, they’re all large metro areas, spending a total of 67 hours ANNUALLY in traffic. That’s just a hair shy of three full days of wanting to take a five iron to the windshield of every car around you. The full list is in the graphic below:
If you’re not a visual learner, here’s the list in text format:
- Washington, DC (67 hours annually)
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (61 hours annually)
- San Francisco-Oakland (61 hours annually)
- New York City-Newark (59 hours annually)
- Boston (53 hours annually)
- Houston (52 hours annually)
- Atlanta (51 hours annually)
- Chicago (51 hours annually)
- Philadelphia (48 hours annually)
- Seattle (48 hours annually)
Traffic. #PGP
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DC is easily the worst. I honestly can’t imagine a worse area to have to commute in.
DC isn’t terrible if you set yourself up for a reverse commute. (I live in DC, but drive out to Northern VA and it works like a charm…most days).
Houston, TX 610 all day every day and some dumb fuck on 290 always gets into an accident
i’m going to vote DC is flat out wrong…. I would quadruple that for an ok commute
I’m legitimately shocked that Austin isn’t on this list. I-35 is in a constant state of gridlock. It’s miserable.
Totally agree. I-35 crushes dreams.
I literally had to shoot a photo story today on the 405 corridor in Long Beach. Hands down the most congested freeway by volume in the US.
As I’m typing this… I’m stuck on 66 heading into DC. I do this 5 out of 7 days a week… Kill me.
How did Miami not make the list? I’ve hit traffic trying to get out of my own driveway there…
You will never know madness until you sit in Honolulu/Waikiki traffic…
Honolulu traffic has got to be the worst.
Anyone ever try to get from the New Jersey side of NYC to the western Long Island side of NYC? It’s complete madness. I luckily work a few block from my office, but anytime I need to travel home / want to get away, the return trip back into the city is the equivalent of hell.