DC region’s ‘brutal commute’ ranks No. 1 for the country’s worst traffic

Drivers in the D C region spend more time dealing with traffic than any other city in the nation according to a new ranking from Consumer Affairs which looked at traffic figures from the biggest metropolitan areas in the nation The D C region knocked Los Angeles off its throne to claim the top spot and did that with an average commute of minutes and traffic congestion in the region which lasts hours and minutes D C drivers have a tougher experience overall and that is the combination of brutal commute times and daily gridlock declared Lauren Jobe with Consumer Affairs When you add that up over the year that s about days worth of just sitting in traffic Now Los Angeles still takes the checkered flag for the the greater part congestion with almost eight hours of bumper-to-bumper traffic each day but the average commute time in the City of Angels is just over minutes Jobe commented return-to-work orders after the pandemic are also playing a part in more congestion on the roads We see that a lot and other major metros as well Seattle D C being one of them too Jobe stated The D C region did rank below Los Angeles when it comes to the number of fatal crashes with almost six deaths per people But Jobe commented while lower the region did see an increase in deadly crashes since last year s ranking It s definitely something that s a little bit concerning and showing that it s not going in the right direction Jobe explained Miami Florida ranked third for the worst traffic followed by San Francisco and Atlanta Jonathan Roush of Gaithersburg Maryland is not surprised by the findings saying traffic in the D C region stinks I schedule my work hours accordingly so I can avoid the traffic Roush notified WTOP For Matt Spurgeon of Damascus he was surprised by the results I m a little surprised after COVID and with all the remote work that people are spending about hours in traffic on average but I guess it kind of fits with the amount of traffic that I ve been sitting in he stated If you re looking for both a better commute and to live in a larger metropolitan city you ll either need to take Roush s advice or move to Rochester the New York metro that ranked the best for traffic with a commute time of around minutes Source