NYC Has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion, Costing $9 Billion
- Motorists driving through NYC lost 101 hours last year
- Traffic congestion in the US cost $70.4 billion in 2023
New York City is the world’s most-congested urban area for the second year in a row, costing the city an estimated $9.1 billion in lost time, a new report shows.
A typical motorist driving through the most populated city in the US lost 101 hours last year because of traffic during peak commuting times, the most among nearly 1,000 cities across the globe, according to the 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard from INRIX Inc., a traffic-data analysis firm.