Los Angeles has the World’s Worst Traffic, Study Finds

Those of us that live in Los Angeles (this author included) know the City of Angels has the worst traffic in the universe. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but it definitely has the worst traffic in the world according to one study.

The 2016 INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard ranks Los Angeles as number-one when it comes to traffic. INRIX says its traffic study is the largest ever, looking at congestion in 1,064 cities in 38 different countries. L.A. handily claims the top spot with 104 Peak Hours Spent in Congestion. That number (representing hours per year) is derived by applying the average peak-period traffic rate to the average commute time for each city. L.A. also tops the list with the highest INRIX Congestion Index, a metric that looks at congestion rates relative to a city’s size.

Coming in second is Moscow, Russia, followed by New York City and San Francisco. Bogotá, Colombia, rounds out the top five. The next worst U.S. city in the top 25 is Atlanta, Ga., at number eight, followed by Miami, Fla., and Washington, D.C., at numbers 10 and 13, respectively.

There are more than 15 million people living in Los Angeles, and more than 84 percent of people who live in the L.A., Long Beach, or Anaheim metro areas choose to drive to work, according to INRIX. Natrually, that many cars on the road leads to some major gridlock. The city’s worst spot is on I-10 eastbound between I-405 and I-110 in the evening. Curiously, the notorious 405 itself doesn’t make the top five most clogged arteries.

Check out the top 25 cities with the world’s worst traffic in the chart below and see a more detailed breakdown here. Did your city make the list? Should it have? Tell us in the comments below.

Source: INRIX

 

Top 25 Global Ranking of Major Cities
RANK	CITY	COUNTRY	CONTINENT	PEAK HOURS SPENT IN CONGESTION	INRIX CONGESTION INDEX	AVERAGE CONGESTION RATE
1	Los Angeles; CA	USA	North America	104	18.6	12.7%
2	Moscow	RUSSIA	Europe	91	19.9	25.2%
3	New York; NY	USA	North America	89	17.4	12.8%
4	San Francisco; CA	USA	North America	83	14.4	12.8%
5	Bogotá	COLOMBIA	South America	80	17	31.8%
6	São Paulo	BRAZIL	South America	77	15.8	20.8%
7	London	UK	Europe	73	13.9	12.7%
8	Atlanta; GA	USA	North America	71	12.2	10.0%
9	Paris	FRANCE	Europe	65	11.8	11.4%
10	Miami; FL	USA	North America	65	11.8	8.7%
11	Bangkok	THAILAND	Asia	64	12.6	23.2%
12	Mexico City	MEXICO	North America	62	12.9	13.3%
13	Washington; DC	USA	North America	61	10.5	11.3%
14	Dallas; TX	USA	North America	59	9.9	6.6%
15	Istanbul	TURKEY	Europe	59	12.2	18.6%
16	Boston; MA	USA	North America	58	10.2	13.4%
17	Chicago; IL	USA	North America	57	10.1	10.2%
18	Krasnodar	RUSSIA	Europe	56	12	24.3%
19	Jakarta	INDONESIA	Asia	55	11.8	17.3%
20	Seattle; WA	USA	North America	55	9.6	12.6%
21	Zürich	SWITZERLAND	Europe	54	9.5	18.2%
22	Saint Petersburg	RUSSIA	Europe	53	11.3	20.0%
23	Montreal	CANADA	North America	52	9.7	14.0%
24	Houston; TX	USA	North America	52	8.5	7.1%
25	Rio de Janeiro	BRAZIL	South America	51	11.1	15.8%

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