Traffic in Miami costs commuters an average 70 hours each year by one estimate.

Traffic in Miami costs commuters an average 70 hours each year by one estimate.

Photographer: Martina Tuaty/Bloomberg

Miami’s ‘Impossible’ Traffic Mess Shows Strains of Booming South

Traffic congestion soared in Miami after it became a pandemic boomtown, with gridlock costing the city $3.1 billion per year. Now, politicians and billionaires are pushing for ways to fix it.

Former reality TV star Fredrik Eklund zips up and down Miami in a lilac Rolls-Royce with a turquoise interior, hunting for multi-million-dollar homes for the rich and powerful.

That is, when he’s not stuck in the gridlock.