Here's America's Worst Cities For Traffic

The 2025 Global Traffic Scorecard has just come out from INRIX, revealing the cities with the worst traffic congestion in the U.S. and worldwide.

• The transportation analytics company analyzes traffic data from 36 countries and nearly 1,000 cities and ranks cities by measuring changes in average peak-period travel times from 2023 to the end of the third quarter of 2025.
• According to their report, the typical U.S. driver lost 49 hours to being stuck in traffic this year. That’s up 11% from last year, equal to a six-hour jump.
• INRIX’s data shows that traffic costs drivers in highly congested areas an average of hundreds of dollars a year. Those 49 hours equal $894 in lost time per driver.
• Congestion cost the U.S. around 4.7-billion hours last year, or close to $86-billion in lost time.
• Chicago has the worst traffic congestion in the country, according to the report, which finds drivers there lost 112 hours to it this year. It cost them an average of $2,063 in lost time, while the city lost $7.5-billion.

The Top 10 U.S. Cities With The Worst Traffic

1. Chicago, Illinois
2. New York, New York
3. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. Los Angeles, California
5. Boston, Massachusetts
6. Miami, Florida
7. Atlanta, Georgia
8. Houston, Texas
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Seattle, Washington

Source: CNBC