This is where drivers get stuck in traffic for a whopping 155 hours a year

Three of the five busiest cities in the world are in the US, and in one of them, drivers spend an average of 155 hours per year in traffic jams.

INRIX, a traffic data and analytics company based in Washington state, has released the 2022 global traffic scorecard for the world’s 25 busiest cities. Chicago, with traffic up 49% from 2021 and 7% from 2019, ranked second behind London as the second busiest city on the planet.

25 busiest cities in the US

Here are the 25 busiest US cities in 2022, according to INRIX, based on how much time drivers spent in traffic:

1 Chicago: 155 hours lost
2 Boston: 134 lost hours
3. New York: 117 hours lost
4 Philadelphia: 114 hours lost
5 Miami: 105 lost hours
6. Los Angeles: 95 hours lost
7 San Francisco: 97 hours lost
8. Washington DC: 83 hours lost
9 Houston: 74 hours lost
10 Atlanta: 74 hours lost
11. New Orleans: 77 hours lost
12. Portland, Oregon: 72 hours lost
13. Stamford, Connecticut: 73 hours lost
14. Dallas: 56 hours lost
15 Baltimore: 55 hours lost
16. San Diego: 54 hours lost
17. Denver: 54 hours lost
18. Austin: 53 hours lost
19. Seattle: 46 hours lost
20. Concord, California: Lost 54 hours.
21. Providence, Rhode Island: 42 hours lost
22. Las Vegas: 41 hours lost
23. Nashville: 41 hours lost
24. Sacramento, California: 36 hours lost.
25. San Juan, Puerto Rico: 41 hours lost.

Which cities saw the most traffic growth?

In the top 25, the largest increase in traffic delays occurred in Miami and Las Vegas. Miami has 39 more hours than last year, up 59%, while drivers in Las Vegas lost 13 more hours in 2022 from a year earlier, up 46% more. Traffic in Vegas is up 155% compared to 2019.

Nashville entered the top 25 for the first time, up 14% since 2019. Congestion in Boston is up 72% compared to 2021.

The report says that in 2022, the typical American driver spent 51 hours of their time in traffic, with $869 in lost time. This is 15 hours more than in 2021. In 39% of cities, traffic delays in 2022 exceeded pre-COVID levels, although overall traffic did not reach pre-pandemic levels.

Congestion cost the US more than $81 billion in lost time and fuel costs in 2022, according to INRIX.

The average American driver paid $134 more for gas than in 2021, but that amount varies greatly by location. For example, in Los Angeles, drivers paid $315 more for gas in 2022 than they did a year earlier. In New York City, drivers paid an average of $213 more for gas than in 2021.

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In Los Angeles, the average price per gallon of gasoline in 2021 was $4. In 2022, that figure has risen to $5.49 per gallon.

Nationwide, drivers spent 4.8 billion hours in traffic, still less than the 6 billion hours lost in 2019. The cost of road delays across the country has increased from $53 billion in 2021 to $81 billion in 2022, a 53% increase. Despite a 17 percent rise in inflation, the cost of congestion in the US is still $7 billion lower from a 2019 high of $88 billion.

Of the 295 U.S. metropolitan areas analyzed, 179 are still below pre-COVID-19 levels. Of the top 50 areas in the ranking, 12 outperformed 2019 levels, the researchers said, “indicating that these are smaller, less congested cities that are already ‘back to normal’ in terms of traffic.”

25 busiest roads in the US

A 30-mile corridor in Connecticut was named the busiest corridor in 2022. INRIX reports that I-95 through Stamford, Connecticut ranked first and third. Drivers there lost an average of 34.5 minutes on the morning drive and almost 30 minutes on the return trip.

The second busiest highway in America is I-5 South in Los Angeles, where drivers lose an average of 31.8 minutes a day during rush hour.

“A driver driving this route for 240 working days in 2022 would lose 127 hours a year in traffic,” the researchers say.

Here are the 25 roads with the worst traffic delays in 2022:

1. Stamford, CT I-95 SB from Sherwood Island, CT to Indian Field Road (138 hours lost)
2. Los Angeles, I-5 SB from I-10 to I-605 (127 hours lost)
3. Stamford, CT, I-95 NB, Indian Field Road to Sherwood Island, CT (118 hours lost)
4. Boston, I-93 SB from exit 18/US 3 to exit 7/MA-3 (lost 99 hours)
5. New York, I-278 WB from I-485 to Tillary Street (91 hours lost)
6. Concord, CA CA-4 EB from I-680 exit 12B to CA-242 exit 15A-B (83 hours lost)
7. Stamford, CT CT-15 NB from North Street to Allen Raymond Lane (78 hours lost)
8. Stamford, CT Merritt Pkway SB from Wilton Road to Stanwich Road (73 hours lost)
9. Chicago, I-55 SB from I-94 to S. Central Ave. (72 hours lost)
10. Orlando, FL I-4 EB from Exit 72/FL-52B to Exit 60/FL-429 Toll (70 hours lost)
11. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I-10 EB from Bayou Road to I-12 (69 hours lost)
12. New York: I-95 NB from I-678 to E. 175th Street (68 hours)
13. Dublin, California, I-580 EB from Grove Way to Airport Blvd. (63 hours lost)
14. Chicago, I-90/I-94 EB from I-290 to I-57 (lost 62 hours)
15. Norfolk, VA I-664 NB from I-64 exit 264 to exit 9/VA-164 (lost 62 hours)
16. Los Angeles, CA-91 WB from I-15 exit 96-96A to exit 45/CA-71 (58 hours lost)
17. Tacoma, Washington, WA-167 SB off 15th St. SW to Valley Ave. East (58 hours lost)
18. New York, Harlem River. Dr. N.B. from East 127th Street. at Trans-Manhattan Expy (58 hours lost)
19. Chicago, I-290/IL-110 EB from Exit 17/US-45 to S. Austin Boulevard (57 hours lost)
20. Los Angeles, I-405 NB from Wilshire Boulevard to Sepulveda Blvd. (56 hours lost)
21. Portland, Oregon I-5 NB from I-405 to Lewis and Clark Highway (56 hours lost)
22. San Francisco, Caldecott Tunnel EB from Fish Ranch Road to Pleasant Hill Road (56 hours lost)
23. Concord, CA CA-24 EB from Camino Pablo to I-680 (53 hours lost)
24. Orlando, FL John Young Pkwee SB from Vine Street to Pleasant Hill Road (52 hours lost)
25. Los Angeles, I-605 SB from Exit 19/CA-60 to Imperial Highway (51 hours lost)

10 busiest cities in the world

Here are the 10 most congested cities in the world according to INRIX:

1 London, England: 156 hours lost
2 Chicago: 155 hours lost
3. Paris: 138 hours lost
4 Boston: 134 lost hours
5. New York: 117 hours lost
6 Bogotá, Colombia: 122 hours lost
7. Toronto, Ontario: 118 hours lost
8 Philadelphia: 114 hours lost
9 Miami: 105 Lost Hours
10. Palermo, Italy: 121 lost hours