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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