Top Five Cities With the Worst Commutes
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Drive Time on the Rise
Over the past two decades, the amount of time we spend traveling to work has increased by close to 30 minutes ... and that is just an average. More than 10 million workers travel over an hour each way. The following lists hours lost each year to the work commute.
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5. Houston
63 hours
Yearly, commuters in this metro area spend close to three days traveling. The Texas Transportation Institute measures traffic jams by dividing extra travel time for peak period travel.
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4. Atlanta
67 Hours
More and more workers carpool, and many leave for work before 6:30 AM.
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3. Washington
69 Hours
The nation's capital ranks number three in the list. According to Commuting in America, reverse commutes -- from a city to a suburb -- are on the rise.
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2. San Francisco
72 Hours
The Urban Mobility Report estimates that the average commuter spent 47 hours stuck in traffic in cities with more than one million people. In cities of over 3 million, it's 61 hours.
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1. Los Angeles
93 Hours
California wins the award for worst traffic jams. More than just time is being wasted. Traffic delays cost $63.1 billion a year and waste 2.3 billion gallons of fuel.
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