How much time do you think you’ve spent in traffic this year? Too much we expect! in fact the average driver spends over 32 hours per year stuck in traffic jams a year. Shocking eh?
Whether it’s the slow moving A400 Tottenham Court Road or the Aston Expressway in Birmingham, UK cities certainly get off lightly when it comes to traffic in comparison to the commuters of L.A and Moscow.
But which city has the ultimate distinction of having the world’s most horrific traffic? Well, RegTransfers have used the Inrix Global Scorecard 2016 data to create an interactive map of the world’s most congested cities.
The report looks at average hours spent in congestion for 1,064 cities in 38 countries, as well as the percent of time spent in traffic.
Here’s the top 10 most congested cities:
1. Los Angeles, USA – 104.1 hours spent in congestion per year
2. Moscow, Russia – 91.4 hours spent in congestion per year
3. New York, USA – 89.4 hours spent in congestion per year
4. San Francisco, USA – 82.6 hours spent in congestion per year
5. Bogota, Columbia – 79.8 hours spent in congestion per year
6. Sao Paulo, Brazil – 77.2 hours spent in congestion per year
7. London, UK – 73.4 hours spent in congestion per year
8. Atlanta, USA – 70.8 hours spent in congestion per year
9. Paris, France – 65.3 hours spent in congestion per year
10. Miami, USA – 64.8 hours spent in congestion per year
